What narrow innocence it is for one to be good only according to the law.
SENECA THE YOUNGERThere’s no delight in owning anything unshared.
More Seneca the Younger Quotes
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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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The language of truth is unvarnished enough.
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All my life I have been seeking to climb out of the pit of my besetting sins and I cannot do it and I never will unless a hand is let down to draw me up.
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You cannot escape necessities, but you can overcome them.
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To govern was to serve, not to rule.
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He who would arrive at the appointed end must follow a single road and not wander through many ways.
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What progress have I made? I am beginning to be my own friend. That is progress indeed
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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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Nothing is as certain as that the vices of leisure are gotten rid of by being busy.
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Nobody will keep the thing he hears to himself, and nobody will repeat just what he hears and no more.
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What you do for an ungrateful man is thrown away.
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He that will do no good offices after a disappointment must stand still, and do just nothing at all. The plough goes on after a barren year; and while the ashes are yet warm, we raise a new house upon the ruins of a former.
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Epileptics know by signs when attacks are imminent and take precautions accordingly; we must do the same in regard to anger
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People do not die – they kill themselves.
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Death is a punishment to some, to others a gift and to many a favour.
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