The wise man will always reflect concerning the quality not the quantity of life.
SENECA THE YOUNGERGenius always gives its best at first; prudence, at last.
More Seneca the Younger Quotes
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The young man must store up, the old man must use.
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Let no man give advice to others that he has not first given himself.
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The point is, not how long you live, but how nobly you live.
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We have lost morals, justice, honor, piety and faith, and that sense of shame which, once lost, can never be restored.
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Be not too hasty either with praise or blame; speak always as though you were giving evidence before the judgement-seat of the Gods.
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Death is a punishment to some, to others a gift and to many a favour.
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Religion worships God, while superstition profanes that worship.
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The road by precepts is tedious, by example, short and efficacious.
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Everything that exceeds the bounds of moderation has an unstable foundation.
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On him does death lie heavily, who, but too well known to all, dies to himself unknown.
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There is more heroism in self-denial than in deeds of arms.
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There has not been any great talent without an element of madness. -Nullum magnum ingenium sine mixtura dementiae fuit
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A benefit is estimated according to the mind of the giver.
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The expression of truth is simplicity.
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You learn to know a pilot in a storm.
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