One hand washes the other.
SENECA THE YOUNGERThe point is, not how long you live, but how nobly you live.
More Seneca the Younger Quotes
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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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The road by precepts is tedious, by example, short and efficacious.
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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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If you are wise, You will mingle one thing with the other- Not hoping without doubt; Not doubting without hope.
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Be harsh with yourself at times.
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He who receives a benefit with gratitude, repays the first installment of it.
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Nothing is more hateful to wisdom than to much cunning.
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In whatever direction you turn, you will see God coming to meet you; nothing is void of him, he himself fills all his work.
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There’s no delight in owning anything unshared.
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Our words should aim not to please, but to help.
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No one can be despised by another until he has learned to despise himself.
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It is more fitting for a man to laugh at life than to lament over it.
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It is the sign of a weak mind to be unable to bear wealth.
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He who repents of having sinned is almost innocent.
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The foundation of the true joy is in the conscience.
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