Time hath often cured the wound which reason failed to heal.
SENECA THE YOUNGERBe silent as to services you have rendered, but speak of favours you have received.
More Seneca the Younger Quotes
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True happiness is…to enjoy the present, without anxious dependence upon the future.
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Light cares cry out; the great ones still are dumb.
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Leisure without literature is death and burial alive.
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Prosperity asks for fidelity; adversity exacts it.
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Where fear is, happiness is not.
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After death there is nothing.
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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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It is expedient for the victor to wish for peace restored; for the vanquished it is necessary.
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Those who boast of their descent, brag on what they owe to others.
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Wisdom does not show itself so much in precept as in life – in firmness of mind and a mastery of appetite. It teaches us to do as well as to talk; and to make our words and actions all of a color.
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As long as we are among humans, let us be humane.
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If we desire to judge justly, we must persuade ourselves that none of us is without sin.
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Luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity.
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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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No crime has been without a precedent.
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