Light is that grief which counsel can allay.
SENECA THE YOUNGERAs long as we are among humans, let us be humane.
More Seneca the Younger Quotes
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Vice may be learnt, even without a teacher
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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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Success is not greedy, as people think, but insignificant. That is why it satisfies nobody.
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The expression of truth is simplicity.
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Behold a contest worthy of a god, a brave man matched in conflict with adversity.
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The part of life which we really live is short.
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It is easier to grow in dignity than to make a start.
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It is a world of mischief that may be done by a single example of avarice or luxury. One voluptuous palate makes many more.
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What you do for an ungrateful man is thrown away.
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Modesty once extinguished knows not how to return.
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This body is not a home, but an inn; and that only for a short time.
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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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Not how long, but how well you have lived is the main thing.
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Associate with people who are likely to improve you.
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Who timidly requests invites refusal.
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