Epicurus says, “gratitude is a virtue that has commonly profit annexed to it.” And where is the virtue that has not? But still the virtue is to be valued for itself, and not for the profit that attends it.
SENECA THE YOUNGERInjustice never rules forever.
More Seneca the Younger Quotes
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If a man knows not to which port he sails, no wind is favorable.
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Conversation has a kind of charm about it, an insuating and insidious something that elicits secrets from us just like love or liquor.
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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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He that lays down precepts for the governing of our lives, and moderating our passions, obliges humanity not only in the present, but in all future generations.
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It’s a vice to trust all, and equally a vice to trust none.
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To govern was to serve, not to rule.
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What madness it is for a man to starve himself to enrich his heir, and so turn a friend into an enemy! For his joy at your death will be proportioned to what you leave him.
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You cannot escape necessities, but you can overcome them.
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Light is that grief which counsel can allay.
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The foundation of the true joy is in the conscience.
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The poor are not the people with less, which is less desirable
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In whatever direction you turn, you will see God coming to meet you; nothing is void of him, he himself fills all his work.
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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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You want to live-but do you know how to live? You are scared of dying-and, tell me, is the kind of life you lead really any different from being dead?
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He grieves more than is necessary who grieves before any cause for sorrow has arisen.
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