I had rather never receive a kindness than never bestow one.
SENECA THE YOUNGERThe chief bond of the soldier is his oath of allegiance and love for the flag.
More Seneca the Younger Quotes
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You want to live-but do you know how to live? You are scared of dying-and, tell me, is the kind of life you lead really any different from being dead?
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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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What is more insane than to vent on senseless things the anger that is felt towards men?
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A benefit consists not in what is done or given, but in the intention of the giver or doer.
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The first proof of a well-ordered mind is to be able to pause and linger within itself.
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We ought to take outdoor walks, to refresh and raise our spirits by deep breathing in the open air.
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If God adds another day to our life, let us receive it gladly.
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Four things does a reckless man gain who covets his neighbor’s wife – demerit, an uncomfortable bed, thirdly, punishment, and lastly, hell.
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Death is a punishment to some, to others a gift and to many a favour.
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We have not to talk, but to steer the vessel.
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Why will no man confess his faults? Because he continues to indulge in them; a man cannot tell his dream till he wakes.
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What must be shall be; and that which is a necessity to him that struggles, is little more than choice to him that is willing.
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It is the fault of youth that it cannot restrain its own impetuosity.
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If you wish to be loved, love.
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Precepts are the rules by which we ought to square our lives. When they are contracted into sentences, they strike the affections; whereas admonition is only blowing of the coal.
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