We have not to talk, but to steer the vessel.
SENECA THE YOUNGEROne hand washes the other.
More Seneca the Younger Quotes
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How much does great prosperity overspread the mind with darkness.
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If you will fear nothing, think that all things are to be feared.
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The sun shines even on the wicked.
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Desultory reading is delightful, but to be beneficial, our reading must be carefully directed.
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Where fear is, happiness is not.
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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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The language of truth is unvarnished enough.
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Demand not that I am the equal of the greatest, only that I am better than the wicked.
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I was not born for one corner. The whole world is my native land.
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Nothing is as certain as that the vices of leisure are gotten rid of by being busy.
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Revenge is an inhuman word.
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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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As long as we are among humans, let us be humane.
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Philosophy does not regard pedigree, she received Plato not as a noble, but she made him one.
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Hesitation is the best cure for anger. The first blows of anger are heavy, but if it waits, it will think again.
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