No one can be despised by another until he has learned to despise himself.
SENECA THE YOUNGERModesty once extinguished knows not how to return.
More Seneca the Younger Quotes
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Human society is like an arch, kept from falling by the mutual pressure of its parts
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What should a wise person do when given a blow? Same as Cato when he was attacked; not fire up or revenge the insult., or even return the blow, but simply ignore it.
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Nobody becomes guilty by fate.
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A benefit consists not in what is done or given, but in the intention of the giver or doer.
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Truth will never be tedious unto him that travelleth in the secrets of nature; there is nothing but falsehood that glutteth us.
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When you see a man in distress, recognize him as a fellow man.
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The Best sign of Wisdom is the consistency between the words and deeds.
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It’s the admirer and the watcher who provoke us to all the inanities we commit.
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Drunkenness is simply voluntary insanity.
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Be wary of the man who urges an action in which he himself incurs no risk.
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He who is brave is free.
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The greatest man is he who chooses right with the most invincible resolution.
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Those who boast of their descent, brag on what they owe to others.
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You cannot, I repeat, successfully acquire it and preserve your modesty at the same time.
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Those whom true love has held, it will go on holding.
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