If we desire to judge justly, we must persuade ourselves that none of us is without sin.
SENECA THE YOUNGERDesultory reading is delightful, but to be beneficial, our reading must be carefully directed.
More Seneca the Younger Quotes
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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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Every new beginning comes from some other beginning’s end.
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The first step towards amendment is the recognition of error.
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Hardly a man will you find who could live with his door open.
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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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No one can be despised by another until he has learned to despise himself.
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Tota vita nihil aliud quam ad mortem iter est. The whole of life is nothing but a journey to death.
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Be silent as to services you have rendered, but speak of favours you have received.
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Those whom true love has held, it will go on holding.
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While crime is punished it yet increases.
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That which has been endured with difficulty is remedied with delight.
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The fearful face usually betrays great guilt.
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The comfort of having a friend may be taken away, but not that of having had one.
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There is as much greatness of mind in acknowledging a good turn, as in doing it.
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Begin at once to live, and count each day as a separate life.
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