That day which you fear as being the end of all things is the birthday of your eternity.
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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He that will do no good offices after a disappointment must stand still, and do just nothing at all. The plough goes on after a barren year; and while the ashes are yet warm, we raise a new house upon the ruins of a former.
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But when you are looking on anyone as a friend when you do not trust him as you trust yourself, you are making a grave mistake, and have failed to grasp sufficiently the full force of true friendship.
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Death is a punishment to some, to others a gift and to many a favour.
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He who repents of having sinned is almost innocent.
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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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There’s one blessing only, the source and cornerstone of beatitude: confidence in self.
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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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In whatever direction you turn, you will see God coming to meet you; nothing is void of him, he himself fills all his work.
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Why do I not seek some real good; one which I could feel, not one which I could display?
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The sun shines even on the wicked.
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Believe me, that was a happy age, before the days of architects, before the days of builders.
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Epicurus says, “gratitude is a virtue that has commonly profit annexed to it.” And where is the virtue that has not? But still the virtue is to be valued for itself, and not for the profit that attends it.
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It is easier to grow in dignity than to make a start.
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The mind is never right but when it is at peace within itself.
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Who shrinks from knowledge of his calamities but aggravates his fear; troubles half seen, shall torture all the more.
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