I had rather never receive a kindness than never bestow one.
SENECA THE YOUNGERHe who would arrive at the appointed end must follow a single road and not wander through many ways.
More Seneca the Younger Quotes
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Genius always gives its best at first; prudence, at last.
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What others think of us would be of little moment did it not, when known, so deeply tinge what we think of ourselves.
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The person you are matters more than the place to which you go.
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It’s a vice to trust all, and equally a vice to trust none.
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The kind of solace that arises from having company in misery is spiteful.
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Whatever begins, also ends.
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Wealth is the slave of a wise man. The master of a fool.
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The part of life which we really live is short.
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He grieves more than is necessary who grieves before any cause for sorrow has arisen.
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Success is not greedy, as people think, but insignificant. That is why it satisfies nobody.
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Hardly a man will you find who could live with his door open.
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Virtue needs a director and guide. Vice can be learned even without a teacher.
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So live with men as if God saw you and speak to God, as if men heard you.
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The first proof of a well-ordered mind is to be able to pause and linger within itself.
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One hand washes the other.
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