He grieves more than is necessary who grieves before any cause for sorrow has arisen.
SENECA THE YOUNGERThe highest duty and the highest proof of wisdom – that deed and word should be in accord.
More Seneca the Younger Quotes
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A sword by itself does not slay; it is merely the weapon used by the slayer.
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Desultory reading is delightful, but to be beneficial, our reading must be carefully directed.
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Let the weary at length possess quiet rest.
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Successful villany is called virtue.
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Prudence will punish to prevent crime, not to avenge it.
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Whatever we owe, it is our part to find where to pay it, and to do it without asking, too; for whether the creditor be good or bad, the debt is still the same.
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If you wish to be loved, love.
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The kind of solace that arises from having company in misery is spiteful.
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There is nothing wrong with changing a plan when the situation has changed.
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What view is one likely to take of the state of a person’s mind when his speech is wild and incoherent and knows no constraint?
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The willing, destiny guides them; the unwilling, destiny drags them.
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I had rather never receive a kindness than never bestow one.
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Shall I tell you what philosophy holds out to humanity? Counsel…You are called in to help the unhappy.
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He who has made a fair compact with poverty is rich.
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Let not the enjoyment of pleasures now within your grasp, be carried to such excess as to incapacitate you from future repetition.
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