Those who boast of their descent, brag on what they owe to others.
SENECA THE YOUNGERThere’s no delight in owning anything unshared.
More Seneca the Younger Quotes
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If you judge, investigate.
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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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Death either destroys or unhusks us. If it means liberation, better things await us when our burden s gone: if destruction, nothing at all awaits us; blessings and curses are abolished.
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Who-only let him be a man and intent upon honor-is not eager for the honorable ordeal and prompt to assume perilous duties? To what energetic man is not idleness a punishment?
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What is more insane than to vent on senseless things the anger that is felt towards men?
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It’s a vice to trust all, and equally a vice to trust none.
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Persistent kindness conquers the ill-disposed.
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[During difficult times and after mistakes and failures it is helpful to remember …] Oftentimes calamity turns to our advantage and great ruins make way for greater glories.
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Philosophy does not regard pedigree, she received Plato not as a noble, but she made him one.
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Leisure without literature is death and burial alive.
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Death is a punishment to some, to others a gift and to many a favour.
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There is no easy way from the earth to the stars.
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The greatest man is he who chooses right with the most invincible resolution.
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If you will fear nothing, think that all things are to be feared.
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All art is but imitation of nature.
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