Epicurus says, “gratitude is a virtue that has commonly profit annexed to it.” And where is the virtue that has not? But still the virtue is to be valued for itself, and not for the profit that attends it.
SENECA THE YOUNGERTo the believers it is true. To the wise it is false. To the leaders it is useful.
More Seneca the Younger Quotes
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Of war men ask the outcome, not the cause.
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There is no greater punishment of wickedness that that it is dissatisfied with itself and its deeds.
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The sun shines even on the wicked.
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Religion worships God, while superstition profanes that worship.
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Drunkenness doesn’t create vices, but it brings them to the fore.
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It’s unknown the place and uncertain the time where death awaits you; thus you must expect death to find you, every time, at every place.
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One crime has to be concealed by another.
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Nothing is as certain as that the vices of leisure are gotten rid of by being busy.
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Time hath often cured the wound which reason failed to heal.
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While crime is punished it yet increases.
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He grieves more than is necessary who grieves before any cause for sorrow has arisen.
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Just as I shall select my ship when I am about to go on a voyage, or my house when I propose to take a residence, so shall I choose my death when I am about to depart from life.
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It is not poverty that we praise, it is the man whom poverty cannot humble or bend.
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The foundation of the true joy is in the conscience.
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No man is more unhappy than he who never faces adversity. For he is not permitted to prove himself.
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