The vices of idleness are only to be shaken off by active employment.
SENECA THE YOUNGERHe that does good to another does good also to himself, not only in the consequence but in the very act. For the consciousness of well-doing is in itself ample reward.
More Seneca the Younger Quotes
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Of war men ask the outcome, not the cause.
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There’s one blessing only, the source and cornerstone of beatitude: confidence in self.
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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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No untroubled day has ever dawned for me.
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A person’s fears are lighter when the danger is at hand.
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Associate with people who are likely to improve you.
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The first step towards amendment is the recognition of error.
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Bear in mind that you commit a crime by injuring even a wicked brother.
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To be enslaved to oneself is the heaviest of all servitudes.-
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Time discovers truth.
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We are born to lose and to perish, to hope and to fear, to vex ourselves and others; and there is no antidote against a common calamity but virtue; for the foundation of true joy is in the conscience.
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The customs of that most criminal nation (Israel) have gained such strength that they have now been received in all lands. The conquered have given laws to the conquerors.
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He who has fostered the sweet poison of love by fondling it, finds it too late to refuse the yoke which he has of his own accord assumed.
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Whenever you hold a fellow creature in distress, remember that he is a man.
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It is expedient for the victor to wish for peace restored; for the vanquished it is necessary.
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