It is easier to grow in dignity than to make a start.
SENECA THE YOUNGERPrudence will punish to prevent crime, not to avenge it.
More Seneca the Younger Quotes
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It is the mind that makes us rich and happy, in what condition soever we are, and money signifies no more to it than it does to the gods.
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God is near you, is with you, is inside you.
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It’s not that we have a short time to live, but that we waste a lot of it.
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Why will no man confess his faults? Because he continues to indulge in them; a man cannot tell his dream till he wakes.
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Whatever we owe, it is our part to find where to pay it, and to do it without asking, too; for whether the creditor be good or bad, the debt is still the same.
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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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Wisdom allows nothing to be good that will not be so forever; no man to be happy but he that needs no other happiness than what he has within himself; no man to be great or powerful that is not master of himself.
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Everything that exceeds the bounds of moderation has an unstable foundation.
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A benefit consists not in what is done or given, but in the intention of the giver or doer.
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It is proof of a bad cause when it is applauded by the mob.
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Whenever you hold a fellow creature in distress, remember that he is a man.
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If you expect the wise man to be as angry as the baseness of crimes requires, then he must not only be angry but go insane.
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Death either destroys or unhusks us. If it means liberation, better things await us when our burden s gone: if destruction, nothing at all awaits us; blessings and curses are abolished.
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All art is but imitation of nature.
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It is quality rather than quantity that matters.
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