A person’s fears are lighter when the danger is at hand.
SENECA THE YOUNGERBe wary of the man who urges an action in which he himself incurs no risk.
More Seneca the Younger Quotes
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The vices of idleness are only to be shaken off by active employment.
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Light is that grief which counsel can allay.
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A benefit consists not in what is done or given, but in the intention of the giver or doer.
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Leisure without literature is death and burial alive.
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I had rather never receive a kindness than never bestow one.
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Why do I not seek some real good; one which I could feel, not one which I could display?
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Why will no man confess his faults? Because he continues to indulge in them; a man cannot tell his dream till he wakes.
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There’s one blessing only, the source and cornerstone of beatitude: confidence in self.
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On him does death lie heavily, who, but too well known to all, dies to himself unknown.
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Dangerous is wrath concealed. Hatred proclaimed doth lose its chance of wreaking vengeance.
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Religion worships God, while superstition profanes that worship.
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That loss is most discreditable which is caused by negligence.
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Light cares cry out; the great ones still are dumb.
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Who-only let him be a man and intent upon honor-is not eager for the honorable ordeal and prompt to assume perilous duties? To what energetic man is not idleness a punishment?
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Hardly a man will you find who could live with his door open.
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