He who comes to a conclusion when the other side is unheard, may have been just in his conclusion, but yet has not been just in his conduct.
SENECA THE YOUNGEREpicurus says, “gratitude is a virtue that has commonly profit annexed to it.” And where is the virtue that has not? But still the virtue is to be valued for itself, and not for the profit that attends it.
More Seneca the Younger Quotes
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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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Tota vita nihil aliud quam ad mortem iter est. The whole of life is nothing but a journey to death.
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The Best sign of Wisdom is the consistency between the words and deeds.
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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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Modesty once extinguished knows not how to return.
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As long as we are among humans, let us be humane.
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The wise man lacked nothing but needed a great number of things, whereas the fool, on the other hand, needs nothing (for he does not know how to use anything) but lacks everything.
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Men do not care how nobly they live, but only how long, although it is within the reach of every man to live nobly, but within no man’s power to live long.
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Unjust dominion cannot be eternal.
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Whatever we owe, it is our part to find where to pay it, and to do it without asking, too; for whether the creditor be good or bad, the debt is still the same.
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Every new beginning comes from some other beginning’s end.
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Even after a bad harvest there must be sowing.
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A great step towards independence is a good-humored stomach, one that is willing to endure rough treatment.
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To be always fortunate, and to pass through life with a soul that has never known sorrow, is to be ignorant of one half of nature.
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Who shrinks from knowledge of his calamities but aggravates his fear; troubles half seen, shall torture all the more.
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