The man who while he gives thinks of what he will get in return, deserves to be deceived.
SENECA THE YOUNGERSuccess is not greedy, as people think, but insignificant. That is why it satisfies nobody.
More Seneca the Younger Quotes
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You cannot, I repeat, successfully acquire it and preserve your modesty at the same time.
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If you wish to be loved, love.
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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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Fate leads the willing, and drags along the reluctant.
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Let the weary at length possess quiet rest.
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No man is more unhappy than he who never faces adversity. For he is not permitted to prove himself.
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There is nothing in the world so much admired as a man who knows how to bear unhappiness with courage.
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Eternal law has arranged nothing better than this, that it has given us one way in to life, but many ways out.
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If we desire to judge justly, we must persuade ourselves that none of us is without sin.
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No man finds it difficult to return to nature except the man who has deserted nature.
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Hesitation is the best cure for anger. The first blows of anger are heavy, but if it waits, it will think again.
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Those who boast of their descent, brag on what they owe to others.
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Truth will never be tedious unto him that travelleth in the secrets of nature; there is nothing but falsehood that glutteth us.
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A sword by itself does not slay; it is merely the weapon used by the slayer.
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Whatever begins, also ends.
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