It is safer to offend certain men than it is to oblige them; for as proof that they owe nothing they seek recourse in hatred.
SENECA THE YOUNGERIt is the mind that makes us rich and happy, in what condition soever we are, and money signifies no more to it than it does to the gods.
More Seneca the Younger Quotes
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There is nothing more miserable and foolish than anticipation.
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There’s no delight in owning anything unshared.
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Dangerous is wrath concealed. Hatred proclaimed doth lose its chance of wreaking vengeance.
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It is easier to grow in dignity than to make a start.
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Whatever we owe, it is our part to find where to pay it, and to do it without asking, too; for whether the creditor be good or bad, the debt is still the same.
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If God adds another day to our life, let us receive it gladly.
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It’s the admirer and the watcher who provoke us to all the inanities we commit.
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Nobody becomes guilty by fate.
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A thousand approaches lie open to death.
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Choose as a guide one whom you will admire more when you see him act than when you hear him speak.
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There is no satisfaction in any good without a companion.
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There is no genius without a mixture of madness.
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While we are postponing, life speeds by.
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Shall I tell you what the real evil is? To cringe to the things that are called evils, to surrender to them our freedom, in defiance of which we ought to face any suffering.
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Whenever you hold a fellow creature in distress, remember that he is a man.
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