A benefit consists not in what is done or given, but in the intention of the giver or doer.
SENECA THE YOUNGERPhilosophy does not regard pedigree, she received Plato not as a noble, but she made him one.
More Seneca the Younger Quotes
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We are taught for the schoolroom, not for life.
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There is no satisfaction in any good without a companion.
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How much does great prosperity overspread the mind with darkness.
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Our words should aim not to please, but to help.
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There is as much greatness of mind in acknowledging a good turn, as in doing it.
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What was hard to suffer is sweet to remember.
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All my life I have been seeking to climb out of the pit of my besetting sins and I cannot do it and I never will unless a hand is let down to draw me up.
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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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Let the weary at length possess quiet rest.
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Let no man give advice to others that he has not first given himself.
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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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The chief bond of the soldier is his oath of allegiance and love for the flag.
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Vice may be learnt, even without a teacher
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Who shrinks from knowledge of his calamities but aggravates his fear; troubles half seen, shall torture all the more.
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Dangerous is wrath concealed. Hatred proclaimed doth lose its chance of wreaking vengeance.
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