The man who while he gives thinks of what he will get in return, deserves to be deceived.
SENECA THE YOUNGERAs long as we are among humans, let us be humane.
More Seneca the Younger Quotes
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Men learn while they teach.
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He who dreads hostility too much is unfit to rule.
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Behold a contest worthy of a god, a brave man matched in conflict with adversity.
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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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The world itself is too small for the covetous.
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When you see a man in distress, recognize him as a fellow man.
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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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The mind is never right but when it is at peace within itself.
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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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Bear in mind that you commit a crime by injuring even a wicked brother.
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He who repents of having sinned is almost innocent.
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Such as the chain of causes we call Fate, such is the chain of wishes: one links on to another; the whole man is bound in the chain of wishing for ever.
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Death either destroys or unhusks us. If it means liberation, better things await us when our burden s gone: if destruction, nothing at all awaits us; blessings and curses are abolished.
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People do not die – they kill themselves.
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If you judge, investigate.
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