Human society is like an arch, kept from falling by the mutual pressure of its parts
SENECA THE YOUNGERBelieve me, that was a happy age, before the days of architects, before the days of builders.
More Seneca the Younger Quotes
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This body is not a home, but an inn; and that only for a short time.
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That day which you fear as being the end of all things is the birthday of your eternity.
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Let him that hath done the good office conceal it; let him that received it disclose it.
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A benefit is estimated according to the mind of the giver.
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The man who while he gives thinks of what he will get in return, deserves to be deceived.
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Leisure without literature is death and burial alive.
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Success is not greedy, as people think, but insignificant. That is why it satisfies nobody.
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Men learn while they teach.
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Wealth is the slave of a wise man. The master of a fool.
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He who is brave is free.
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That which has been endured with difficulty is remedied with delight.
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They lose the day in expectation of the night, and the night in fear of the dawn.
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The part of life which we really live is short.
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He who has made a fair compact with poverty is rich.
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Virtue with some is nothing but successful temerity.
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