As the soil, however rich it may be, cannot be productive without cultivation, so the mind without culture can never produce good fruit
SENECA THE YOUNGERLife is long if you know how to use it.
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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May be is very well, but Must is the master. It is my duty to show justice without recompense.
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If we let things terrify us, life will not be worth living.
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The greatest man is he who chooses right with the most invincible resolution.
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What narrow innocence it is for one to be good only according to the law.
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The part of life which we really live is short.
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Enjoy present pleasures in such a way as not to injure future ones.
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What must be shall be; and that which is a necessity to him that struggles, is little more than choice to him that is willing.
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In whatever direction you turn, you will see God coming to meet you; nothing is void of him, he himself fills all his work.
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Genius always gives its best at first; prudence, at last.
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He who receives a benefit with gratitude, repays the first installment of it.
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So live with men as if God saw you and speak to God, as if men heard you.
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Successful crime is dignified with the name of virtue; the good become the slaves of the wicked; might makes right; fear silences the power of the law.
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The first step towards amendment is the recognition of error.
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Be silent as to services you have rendered, but speak of favours you have received.
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