Let him that hath done the good office conceal it; let him that received it disclose it.
SENECA THE YOUNGERI have withdrawn not only from men, but from affairs, especially my own affairs; I am working for later generations, writing down some ideas that may be of assistance to them.
More Seneca the Younger Quotes
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The point is, not how long you live, but how nobly you live.
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Prudence will punish to prevent crime, not to avenge it.
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It is medicine, not scenery, for which a sick man must go searching.
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Desultory reading is delightful, but to be beneficial, our reading must be carefully directed.
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Happy is the man who can endure the highest and lowest fortune. He who has endured such vicissitudes with equanimity has deprived misfortune of its power.
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There’s no delight in owning anything unshared.
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Let the weary at length possess quiet rest.
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As the soil, however rich it may be, cannot be productive without cultivation, so the mind without culture can never produce good fruit
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The road by precepts is tedious, by example, short and efficacious.
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To live is not a blessing, but to live well.
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Watch over yourself. Be your own accuser, then your judge; ask yourself grace sometimes, and, if there is need, impose upon yourself some pain.
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Time hath often cured the wound which reason failed to heal.
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The sun shines even on the wicked.
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It is the sign of a weak mind to be unable to bear wealth.
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I am ashamed of my master and not of my servitude.
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