That loss is most discreditable which is caused by negligence.
SENECA THE YOUNGERBe harsh with yourself at times.
More Seneca the Younger Quotes
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The foundation of the true joy is in the conscience.
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Leisure without literature is death and burial alive.
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When you see a man in distress, recognize him as a fellow man.
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There is as much greatness of mind in acknowledging a good turn, as in doing it.
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It is by the benefit of letters that absent friends are in a manner brought together.
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The highest duty and the highest proof of wisdom – that deed and word should be in accord.
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We have not to talk, but to steer the vessel.
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The man who while he gives thinks of what he will get in return, deserves to be deceived.
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Disease is not of the body but of the place.
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He who receives a benefit with gratitude, repays the first installment of it.
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Men do not care how nobly they live, but only how long, although it is within the reach of every man to live nobly, but within no man’s power to live long.
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In the meantime, cling tooth and nail to the following rule: not to give in to adversity, not to trust prosperity, and always take full note of fortune’s habit of behaving just as she pleases.
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A sword by itself does not slay; it is merely the weapon used by the slayer.
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No choice maxims – we Stoics don’t practice that kind of window dressing.
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Behold a contest worthy of a god, a brave man matched in conflict with adversity.
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