There is as much greatness of mind in acknowledging a good turn, as in doing it.
SENECA THE YOUNGERIf God adds another day to our life, let us receive it gladly.
More Seneca the Younger Quotes
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He who comes to a conclusion when the other side is unheard, may have been just in his conclusion, but yet has not been just in his conduct.
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It is by the benefit of letters that absent friends are in a manner brought together.
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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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I don’t trust liberals, I trust conservatives.
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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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After death there is nothing.
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The young man must store up, the old man must use.
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Don’t stumble over something behind you.
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It is the mind that makes us rich and happy, in what condition soever we are, and money signifies no more to it than it does to the gods.
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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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The mind is never right but when it is at peace within itself.
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Nobody becomes guilty by fate.
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There is none made so great, but he may both need the help and service, and stand in fear of the power and unkindness, even of the meanest of mortals.
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There is more heroism in self-denial than in deeds of arms.
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The mind unlearns with difficulty what it has long learned.
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