What madness it is for a man to starve himself to enrich his heir, and so turn a friend into an enemy! For his joy at your death will be proportioned to what you leave him.
SENECA THE YOUNGERBe harsh with yourself at times.
More Seneca the Younger Quotes
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Poverty needs much, avarice everything.
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Bear in mind that you commit a crime by injuring even a wicked brother.
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To the stars through difficulties.
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Time hath often cured the wound which reason failed to heal.
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Nobody will keep the thing he hears to himself, and nobody will repeat just what he hears and no more.
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When you see a man in distress, recognize him as a fellow man.
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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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The part of life which we really live is short.
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Let the weary at length possess quiet rest.
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Revenge is an inhuman word.
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It’s unknown the place and uncertain the time where death awaits you; thus you must expect death to find you, every time, at every place.
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If you judge, investigate.
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We are taught for the schoolroom, not for life.
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Difficulties strengthen the mind, as labor does the body.
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That day which you fear as being the end of all things is the birthday of your eternity.
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