It is expedient for the victor to wish for peace restored; for the vanquished it is necessary.
SENECA THE YOUNGERWealth is the slave of a wise man. The master of a fool.
More Seneca the Younger Quotes
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Everything that exceeds the bounds of moderation has an unstable foundation.
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Drunkenness doesn’t create vices, but it brings them to the fore.
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He who repents of having sinned is almost innocent.
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The wise man will always reflect concerning the quality not the quantity of life.
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Be silent as to services you have rendered, but speak of favours you have received.
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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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Shall I tell you what the real evil is? To cringe to the things that are called evils, to surrender to them our freedom, in defiance of which we ought to face any suffering.
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It is quality rather than quantity that matters.
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The worse a person is the less he feels it.
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A large library is apt to distract rather than to instruct the learner; it is much better to be confined to a few authors than to wander at random over many.
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A benefit is estimated according to the mind of the giver.
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A young man respects and looks up to his teachers.
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Our words should aim not to please, but to help.
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The world itself is too small for the covetous.
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There’s one blessing only, the source and cornerstone of beatitude: confidence in self.
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