Light is that grief which counsel can allay.
SENECA THE YOUNGERDangerous is wrath concealed. Hatred proclaimed doth lose its chance of wreaking vengeance.
More Seneca the Younger Quotes
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Men do not care how nobly they live, but only how long, although it is within the reach of every man to live nobly, but within no man’s power to live long.
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Auditur et altera pars. (The other side shall be heard as well.)
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A large library is apt to distract rather than to instruct the learner; it is much better to be confined to a few authors than to wander at random over many.
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There is more heroism in self-denial than in deeds of arms.
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He that does good to another does good also to himself, not only in the consequence but in the very act. For the consciousness of well-doing is in itself ample reward.
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It is the fault of youth that it cannot restrain its own impetuosity.
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People do not die – they kill themselves.
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Our plans miscarry because they have no aim.
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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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To the believers it is true. To the wise it is false. To the leaders it is useful.
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Nobody becomes guilty by fate.
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Behold a contest worthy of a god, a brave man matched in conflict with adversity.
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Unblest is he who thinks himself unblest.
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Our words should aim not to please, but to help.
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Time hath often cured the wound which reason failed to heal.
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