Death is a release from and an end of all pains.
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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Light is that grief which counsel can allay.
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Vice may be learnt, even without a teacher
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You cannot, I repeat, successfully acquire it and preserve your modesty at the same time.
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I am like a book, with pages that have stuck together for want of use: my mind needs unpacking and the truths stored within must be turned over from time to time, to be ready when occasion demands.
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Time hath often cured the wound which reason failed to heal.
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Disease is not of the body but of the place.
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It is proof of a bad cause when it is applauded by the mob.
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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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That day which you fear as being the end of all things is the birthday of your eternity.
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The state of that man’s mind who feels too intense an interest as to future events, must be most deplorable.
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What view is one likely to take of the state of a person’s mind when his speech is wild and incoherent and knows no constraint?
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It is easier to grow in dignity than to make a start.
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I am ashamed of my master and not of my servitude.
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The intellect must not be kept at consistent tension, but diverted by pastimes…. The mind must have relaxation, and will rise stronger and keener after recreation.
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While we are postponing, life speeds by.
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