It is dishonorable to say one thing and think another; how much more dishonorable to write one thing and think another.
SENECA THE YOUNGERHow much better to pursue a straight course and eventually reach that destination where the things that are pleasant are the things that are honorable finally become, for you, the same.
More Seneca the Younger Quotes
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I am ashamed of my master and not of my servitude.
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The Fates guide those who go willingly. Those who do not, they drag.
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Who-only let him be a man and intent upon honor-is not eager for the honorable ordeal and prompt to assume perilous duties? To what energetic man is not idleness a punishment?
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Prosperity asks for fidelity; adversity exacts it.
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What must be shall be; and that which is a necessity to him that struggles, is little more than choice to him that is willing.
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We should live as if we were in public view, and think, too, as if someone could peer into the inmost recesses of our hearts-which someone can!
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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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A great step towards independence is a good-humored stomach, one that is willing to endure rough treatment.
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Prudence will punish to prevent crime, not to avenge it.
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Death is a punishment to some, to others a gift and to many a favour.
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There is more heroism in self-denial than in deeds of arms.
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The worse a person is the less he feels it.
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That poverty is no disaster is understood by everyone who has not yet succumbed to the madness of greed and luxury that turns everything topsy-turvy.
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The greatest man is he who chooses right with the most invincible resolution.
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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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