The world itself is too small for the covetous.
SENECA THE YOUNGERWhat 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.
More Seneca the Younger Quotes
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As the soil, however rich it may be, cannot be productive without cultivation, so the mind without culture can never produce good fruit
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People do not die – they kill themselves.
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That day which you fear as being the end of all things is the birthday of your eternity.
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He who receives a benefit with gratitude, repays the first installment of it.
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Successful crime is dignified with the name of virtue; the good become the slaves of the wicked; might makes right; fear silences the power of the law.
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Light is that grief which counsel can allay.
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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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A great fortune is a great slavery.
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Unjust dominion cannot be eternal.
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When you see a man in distress, recognize him as a fellow man.
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Death either destroys or unhusks us. If it means liberation, better things await us when our burden s gone: if destruction, nothing at all awaits us; blessings and curses are abolished.
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Virtue needs a director and guide. Vice can be learned even without a teacher.
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It is to the interest of the commonwealth of mankind that there should be someone who is unconquered, someone against whom fortune has no power.
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The point is, not how long you live, but how nobly you live.
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We have not to talk, but to steer the vessel.
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