Death is a release from and an end of all pains.
SENECA THE YOUNGERHe who repents of having sinned is almost innocent.
More Seneca the Younger Quotes
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A young man respects and looks up to his teachers.
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It is by the benefit of letters that absent friends are in a manner brought together.
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It is safer to offend certain men than it is to oblige them; for as proof that they owe nothing they seek recourse in hatred.
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May be is very well, but Must is the master. It is my duty to show justice without recompense.
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We are wrong in looking forward to death: in great measure it’s past already.
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When you see a man in distress, recognize him as a fellow man.
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The mind is never right but when it is at peace within itself.
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You learn to know a pilot in a storm.
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Reason wishes that the judgement it gives be just; anger wishes that the judgement it has given seem to be just.
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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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People do not die – they kill themselves.
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If you wish to be loved, love.
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Watch over yourself. Be your own accuser, then your judge; ask yourself grace sometimes, and, if there is need, impose upon yourself some pain.
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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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Bear in mind that you commit a crime by injuring even a wicked brother.
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