The first step towards amendment is the recognition of error.
SENECA THE YOUNGERThe poor are not the people with less, which is less desirable
More Seneca the Younger Quotes
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One who’s our friend is fond of us; one who’s fond of us isn’t necessarily our friend.
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Study rather to fill your mind than your coffers; knowing that gold and silver were originally mingled with dirt, until avarice or ambition parted them.
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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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The man who while he gives thinks of what he will get in return, deserves to be deceived.
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Auditur et altera pars. (The other side shall be heard as well.)
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He who dreads hostility too much is unfit to rule.
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Go on and increase in valor, O boy! this is the path to immortality.
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It is easier to grow in dignity than to make a start.
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He who receives a benefit with gratitude, repays the first installment of it.
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He who would arrive at the appointed end must follow a single road and not wander through many ways.
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The mind unlearns with difficulty what it has long learned.
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Wealth is the slave of a wise man. The master of a fool.
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There is no genius without a mixture of madness.
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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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In the meantime, cling tooth and nail to the following rule: not to give in to adversity, not to trust prosperity, and always take full note of fortune’s habit of behaving just as she pleases.
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