Whenever you hold a fellow creature in distress, remember that he is a man.
SENECA THE YOUNGERIt is proof of a bad cause when it is applauded by the mob.
More Seneca the Younger Quotes
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Why do I not seek some real good; one which I could feel, not one which I could display?
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If you are wise, You will mingle one thing with the other- Not hoping without doubt; Not doubting without hope.
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I have withdrawn not only from men, but from affairs, especially my own affairs; I am working for later generations, writing down some ideas that may be of assistance to them.
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Leisure without literature is death and burial alive.
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What was hard to suffer is sweet to remember.
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For men in a state of freedom had thatch for their shelter, while slavery dwells beneath marble and gold.
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It is safer to offend certain men than it is to oblige them; for as proof that they owe nothing they seek recourse in hatred.
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In whatever direction you turn, you will see God coming to meet you; nothing is void of him, he himself fills all his work.
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The mind is never right but when it is at peace within itself; the soul is in heaven even while it is in the flesh, if it be purged of its natural corruptions, and taken up with divine thoughts, and contemplations.
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Drunkenness does not create vice; it merely brings it into view.
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The language of truth is unvarnished enough.
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For many men, the acquisition of wealth does not end their troubles, it only changes them.
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He robs present ills of their power who has perceived their coming beforehand.
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Let no man give advice to others that he has not first given himself.
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The comfort of having a friend may be taken away, but not that of having had one.
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