Precepts are the rules by which we ought to square our lives. When they are contracted into sentences, they strike the affections; whereas admonition is only blowing of the coal.
SENECA THE YOUNGERAs long as we are among humans, let us be humane.
More Seneca the Younger Quotes
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What you do for an ungrateful man is thrown away.
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The wise man will always reflect concerning the quality not the quantity of life.
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Unblest is he who thinks himself unblest.
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Every new beginning comes from some other beginning’s end.
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If we let things terrify us, life will not be worth living.
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Be silent as to services you have rendered, but speak of favours you have received.
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How much does great prosperity overspread the mind with darkness.
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The kind of solace that arises from having company in misery is spiteful.
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Freedom can’t be kept for nothing. If you set a high value on liberty, you must set a low value on everything else.
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Happy is the man who can endure the highest and lowest fortune. He who has endured such vicissitudes with equanimity has deprived misfortune of its power.
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If you wish to be loved, love.
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The shortest road to wealth lies in the contempt of wealth.
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Luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity.
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Genius always gives its best at first; prudence, at last.
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To govern was to serve, not to rule.
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