Where reason fails, time oft has worked a cure.
SENECA THE YOUNGERIt is safer to offend certain men than it is to oblige them; for as proof that they owe nothing they seek recourse in hatred.
More Seneca the Younger Quotes
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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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It is the fault of youth that it cannot restrain its own impetuosity.
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Begin at once to live, and count each day as a separate life.
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There is as much greatness of mind in acknowledging a good turn, as in doing it.
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He who is brave is free.
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As long as we are among humans, let us be humane.
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The true felicity of life is to be free from anxieties and pertubations; to understand and do our duties to God and man, and to enjoy the present without any serious dependence on the future.
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No one can be despised by another until he has learned to despise himself.
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So live with men as if God saw you and speak to God, as if men heard you.
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Don’t stumble over something behind you.
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Auditur et altera pars. (The other side shall be heard as well.)
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If you judge, investigate.
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It is proof of a bad cause when it is applauded by the mob.
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Set aside a certain number of days, during which you shall be content with the scantiest and cheapest fare, with course and rough dress, saying to yourself the while: ” Is this the condition that I feared?”
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The world itself is too small for the covetous.
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