Persistent kindness conquers the ill-disposed.
SENECA THE YOUNGERThe sun shines even on the wicked.
More Seneca the Younger Quotes
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Drunkenness does not create vice; it merely brings it into view.
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I am ashamed of my master and not of my servitude.
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If God adds another day to our life, let us receive it gladly.
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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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He robs present ills of their power who has perceived their coming beforehand.
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Successful villany is called virtue.
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Shall I tell you what the real evil is? To cringe to the things that are called evils, to surrender to them our freedom, in defiance of which we ought to face any suffering.
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It is the fault of youth that it cannot restrain its own impetuosity.
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There’s one blessing only, the source and cornerstone of beatitude: confidence in self.
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Freedom can’t be kept for nothing. If you set a high value on liberty, you must set a low value on everything else.
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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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Life is long if you know how to use it.
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Misfortune is the test of a person’s merit.
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Watch over yourself. Be your own accuser, then your judge; ask yourself grace sometimes, and, if there is need, impose upon yourself some pain.
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Wealth is the slave of a wise man. The master of a fool.
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