Whatever we owe, it is our part to find where to pay it, and to do it without asking, too; for whether the creditor be good or bad, the debt is still the same.
SENECA THE YOUNGERThe state of that man’s mind who feels too intense an interest as to future events, must be most deplorable.
More Seneca the Younger Quotes
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The state of that man’s mind who feels too intense an interest as to future events, must be most deplorable.
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We are wrong in looking forward to death: in great measure it’s past already.
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The kind of solace that arises from having company in misery is spiteful.
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Prudence will punish to prevent crime, not to avenge it.
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The person you are matters more than the place to which you go.
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The vices of idleness are only to be shaken off by active employment.
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Revenge is an inhuman word.
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In the meantime, cling tooth and nail to the following rule: not to give in to adversity, not to trust prosperity, and always take full note of fortune’s habit of behaving just as she pleases.
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It is the sign of a weak mind to be unable to bear wealth.
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When you see a man in distress, recognize him as a fellow man.
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Dangerous is wrath concealed. Hatred proclaimed doth lose its chance of wreaking vengeance.
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Modesty once extinguished knows not how to return.
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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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The point is, not how long you live, but how nobly you live.
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Luck never made a man wise.
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