Demand not that I am the equal of the greatest, only that I am better than the wicked.
SENECA THE YOUNGERWe should live as if we were in public view, and think, too, as if someone could peer into the inmost recesses of our hearts-which someone can!
More Seneca the Younger Quotes
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The fearful face usually betrays great guilt.
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The worse a person is the less he feels it.
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Genius has never been accepted without a measure of condonement.
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The young man must store up, the old man must use.
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When you see a man in distress, recognize him as a fellow man.
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Let the weary at length possess quiet rest.
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On him does death lie heavily, who, but too well known to all, dies to himself unknown.
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Let no man give advice to others that he has not first given himself.
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Let him that hath done the good office conceal it; let him that received it disclose it.
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Prudence will punish to prevent crime, not to avenge it.
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There is no greater punishment of wickedness that that it is dissatisfied with itself and its deeds.
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He that does good to another does good also to himself, not only in the consequence but in the very act. For the consciousness of well-doing is in itself ample reward.
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Death either destroys or unhusks us. If it means liberation, better things await us when our burden s gone: if destruction, nothing at all awaits us; blessings and curses are abolished.
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The thing that matters is not what you bear, but how you bear it
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It is easier to grow in dignity than to make a start.
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You cannot, I repeat, successfully acquire it and preserve your modesty at the same time.
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The kind of solace that arises from having company in misery is spiteful.
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It is proof of a bad cause when it is applauded by the mob.
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They lose the day in expectation of the night, and the night in fear of the dawn.
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The greater part of progress is the desire to progress.
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Whenever you hold a fellow creature in distress, remember that he is a man.
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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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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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Virtue with some is nothing but successful temerity.
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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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To be feared is to fear. No one has been able to strike terror into others and at the same time enjoy peace of mind.
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