Modesty once extinguished knows not how to return.
SENECA THE YOUNGERThe world itself is too small for the covetous.
More Seneca the Younger Quotes
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Be silent as to services you have rendered, but speak of favours you have received.
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Injustice never rules forever.
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Don’t stumble over something behind you.
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It is by the benefit of letters that absent friends are in a manner brought together.
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The man who while he gives thinks of what he will get in return, deserves to be deceived.
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If you expect the wise man to be as angry as the baseness of crimes requires, then he must not only be angry but go insane.
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The greater part of progress is the desire to progress.
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A sword by itself does not slay; it is merely the weapon used by the slayer.
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What you do for an ungrateful man is thrown away.
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As long as you live, learn how to live.
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A great fortune is a great slavery.
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Enjoy present pleasures in such a way as not to injure future ones.
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How much does great prosperity overspread the mind with darkness.
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While we are postponing, life speeds by.
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The intellect must not be kept at consistent tension, but diverted by pastimes…. The mind must have relaxation, and will rise stronger and keener after recreation.
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