When you see a man in distress, recognize him as a fellow man.
SENECA THE YOUNGERThe Fates guide those who go willingly. Those who do not, they drag.
More Seneca the Younger Quotes
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The language of truth is unvarnished enough.
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Reason wishes that the judgement it gives be just; anger wishes that the judgement it has given seem to be just.
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Luck is preparation multiplied by opportunity.
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Consider, when you are enraged at any one, what you would probably think if he should die during the dispute.
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There is as much greatness of mind in acknowledging a good turn, as in doing it.
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The first proof of a well-ordered mind is to be able to pause and linger within itself.
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It is the fault of youth that it cannot restrain its own impetuosity.
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Dangerous is wrath concealed. Hatred proclaimed doth lose its chance of wreaking vengeance.
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On him does death lie heavily, who, but too well known to all, dies to himself unknown.
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After death there is nothing.
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Time discovers truth.
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I have withdrawn not only from men, but from affairs, especially my own affairs; I am working for later generations, writing down some ideas that may be of assistance to them.
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You cannot escape necessities, but you can overcome them.
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Our plans miscarry because they have no aim.
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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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