While crime is punished it yet increases.
SENECA THE YOUNGERWhat you do for an ungrateful man is thrown away.
More Seneca the Younger Quotes
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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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Epileptics know by signs when attacks are imminent and take precautions accordingly; we must do the same in regard to anger
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The shortest road to wealth lies in the contempt of wealth.
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Indolence is stagnation; employment is life.
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Vice may be learnt, even without a teacher
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Just as I shall select my ship when I am about to go on a voyage, or my house when I propose to take a residence, so shall I choose my death when I am about to depart from life.
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You cannot escape necessities, but you can overcome them.
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Associate with people who are likely to improve you.
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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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Religion is regarded by the common people as true, by the wise as false, and by rulers as useful.
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The point is, not how long you live, but how nobly you live.
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Don’t stumble over something behind you.
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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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Even after a bad harvest there must be sowing.
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The worse a person is the less he feels it.
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