The language of truth is unvarnished enough.
SENECA THE YOUNGEROne who’s our friend is fond of us; one who’s fond of us isn’t necessarily our friend.
More Seneca the Younger Quotes
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He that does good to another does good also to himself, not only in the consequence but in the very act. For the consciousness of well-doing is in itself ample reward.
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When you see a man in distress, recognize him as a fellow man.
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Shall I tell you what philosophy holds out to humanity? Counsel…You are called in to help the unhappy.
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It is by the benefit of letters that absent friends are in a manner brought together.
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Courage leads to heaven; fear leads to death.
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Who timidly requests invites refusal.
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Fate leads the willing, and drags along the reluctant.
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There is more heroism in self-denial than in deeds of arms.
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One hand washes the other.
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Slavery holds few men fast; the greater number hold fast their slavery.
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The most imperious masters over their own servants are at the same time the most abject slaves to the servants of others.
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A man can refrain from wanting what he has not and cheerfully make the best of a bird in the hand.
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I had rather never receive a kindness than never bestow one.
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The road by precepts is tedious, by example, short and efficacious.
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For many men, the acquisition of wealth does not end their troubles, it only changes them.
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