He who has made a fair compact with poverty is rich.
SENECA THE YOUNGERThere is nothing more miserable and foolish than anticipation.
More Seneca the Younger Quotes
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If you judge, investigate.
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One who’s our friend is fond of us; one who’s fond of us isn’t necessarily our friend.
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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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Why do people not confess vices? It is because they have not yet laid them aside. It is a waking person only who can tell their dreams.
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Study rather to fill your mind than your coffers; knowing that gold and silver were originally mingled with dirt, until avarice or ambition parted them.
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That loss is most discreditable which is caused by negligence.
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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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Genius has never been accepted without a measure of condonement.
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A sword by itself does not slay; it is merely the weapon used by the slayer.
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No man finds it difficult to return to nature except the man who has deserted nature.
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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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The part of life which we really live is short.
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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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Of war men ask the outcome, not the cause.
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If you wish to be loved, love.
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