What you do for an ungrateful man is thrown away.
SENECA THE YOUNGERBe harsh with yourself at times.
More Seneca the Younger Quotes
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Demand not that I am the equal of the greatest, only that I am better than the wicked.
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People do not die – they kill themselves.
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Let him that hath done the good office conceal it; let him that received it disclose it.
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Human society is like an arch, kept from falling by the mutual pressure of its parts
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The shortest road to wealth lies in the contempt of wealth.
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Set aside a certain number of days, during which you shall be content with the scantiest and cheapest fare, with course and rough dress, saying to yourself the while: ” Is this the condition that I feared?”
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It is medicine, not scenery, for which a sick man must go searching.
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Unblest is he who thinks himself unblest.
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Drunkenness does not create vice; it merely brings it into view.
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The poor are not the people with less, which is less desirable
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Injustice never rules forever.
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If you are wise, You will mingle one thing with the other- Not hoping without doubt; Not doubting without hope.
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People do not die – they kill themselves.
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There has not been any great talent without an element of madness. -Nullum magnum ingenium sine mixtura dementiae fuit
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We have lost morals, justice, honor, piety and faith, and that sense of shame which, once lost, can never be restored.
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