The first proof of a well-ordered mind is to be able to pause and linger within itself.
SENECA THE YOUNGERThose who boast of their descent, brag on what they owe to others.
More Seneca the Younger Quotes
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Nobody will keep the thing he hears to himself, and nobody will repeat just what he hears and no more.
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To forgive all is as inhuman as to forgive none
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Prudence will punish to prevent crime, not to avenge it.
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It is by the benefit of letters that absent friends are in a manner brought together.
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It is the mind that makes us rich and happy, in what condition soever we are, and money signifies no more to it than it does to the gods.
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A great step towards independence is a good-humored stomach, one that is willing to endure rough treatment.
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Time discovers truth.
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Bear in mind that you commit a crime by injuring even a wicked brother.
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Wealth is the slave of a wise man. The master of a fool.
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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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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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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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There’s no delight in owning anything unshared.
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I had rather never receive a kindness than never bestow one.
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The world itself is too small for the covetous.
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