To govern was to serve, not to rule.
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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There is nothing more miserable and foolish than anticipation.
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Four things does a reckless man gain who covets his neighbor’s wife – demerit, an uncomfortable bed, thirdly, punishment, and lastly, hell.
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On him does death lie heavily, who, but too well known to all, dies to himself unknown.
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Greatness stands upon a precipice, and if prosperity carries a man never so little beyond his poise, it overbears and dashes him to pieces.
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To be enslaved to oneself is the heaviest of all servitudes.-
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Men learn while they teach.
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The true felicity of life is to be free from anxieties and pertubations; to understand and do our duties to God and man, and to enjoy the present without any serious dependence on the future.
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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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Unjust dominion cannot be eternal.
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Let the weary at length possess quiet rest.
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This body is not a home, but an inn; and that only for a short time.
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There’s no delight in owning anything unshared.
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What narrow innocence it is for one to be good only according to the law.
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True joy is a serene and sober motion; and they are miserably out so that take laughing for rejoicing; the seat of it is within, and there is no cheerfulness like the resolutions of a brave mind.
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Our plans miscarry because they have no aim.
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