The sun shines even on the wicked.
SENECA THE YOUNGERWhat progress have I made? I am beginning to be my own friend. That is progress indeed
More Seneca the Younger Quotes
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[During difficult times and after mistakes and failures it is helpful to remember …] Oftentimes calamity turns to our advantage and great ruins make way for greater glories.
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Believe me, that was a happy age, before the days of architects, before the days of builders.
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He who receives a benefit with gratitude, repays the first installment of it.
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Truth will never be tedious unto him that travelleth in the secrets of nature; there is nothing but falsehood that glutteth us.
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Consider, when you are enraged at any one, what you would probably think if he should die during the dispute.
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Where fear is, happiness is not.
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Dangerous is wrath concealed. Hatred proclaimed doth lose its chance of wreaking vengeance.
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Light is that grief which counsel can allay.
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A great fortune is a great slavery.
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Everything that exceeds the bounds of moderation has an unstable foundation.
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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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There is no greater punishment of wickedness that that it is dissatisfied with itself and its deeds.
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Set aside a certain number of days, during which you shall be content with the scantiest and cheapest fare, with course and rough dress, saying to yourself the while: ” Is this the condition that I feared?”
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Unjust dominion cannot be eternal.
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If you judge, investigate.
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