Not how long, but how well you have lived is the main thing.
SENECA THE YOUNGERLet no man give advice to others that he has not first given himself.
More Seneca the Younger Quotes
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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 proof of a bad cause when it is applauded by the mob.
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Luck never made a man wise.
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He who dreads hostility too much is unfit to rule.
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The comfort of having a friend may be taken away, but not that of having had one.
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Be silent as to services you have rendered, but speak of favours you have received.
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What you do for an ungrateful man is thrown away.
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There’s no delight in owning anything unshared.
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The kind of solace that arises from having company in misery is spiteful.
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I have withdrawn not only from men, but from affairs, especially my own affairs; I am working for later generations, writing down some ideas that may be of assistance to them.
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As long as you live, learn how to live.
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To govern was to serve, not to rule.
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All my life I have been seeking to climb out of the pit of my besetting sins and I cannot do it and I never will unless a hand is let down to draw me up.
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He who has great power should use it lightly.
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Begin at once to live, and count each day as a separate life.
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