There is no greater punishment of wickedness that that it is dissatisfied with itself and its deeds.
SENECA THE YOUNGERThe man who while he gives thinks of what he will get in return, deserves to be deceived.
More Seneca the Younger Quotes
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The worse a person is the less he feels it.
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The sun shines even on the wicked.
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There is the need for someone against which our characters can measure themselves. Without a ruler, you won’t make the crooked straight.
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If we let things terrify us, life will not be worth living.
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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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Poverty needs much, avarice everything.
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The young man must store up, the old man must use.
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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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No man is more unhappy than he who never faces adversity. For he is not permitted to prove himself.
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There is nothing more miserable and foolish than anticipation.
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He who has made a fair compact with poverty is rich.
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All art is but imitation of nature.
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Revenge is an inhuman word.
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No choice maxims – we Stoics don’t practice that kind of window dressing.
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Life is long if you know how to use it.
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