It is easier to grow in dignity than to make a start.
SENECA THE YOUNGERWhatever begins, also ends.
More Seneca the Younger Quotes
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People do not die – they kill themselves.
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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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We become wiser by adversity; prosperity destroys our appreciation of the right.” “True happiness is … to enjoy the present” “It is not because things are difficult that we do not dare; it is because we do not dare that they are difficult.
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Leisure without literature is death and burial alive.
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There is the need for someone against which our characters can measure themselves. Without a ruler, you won’t make the crooked straight.
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He who comes to a conclusion when the other side is unheard, may have been just in his conclusion, but yet has not been just in his conduct.
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He robs present ills of their power who has perceived their coming beforehand.
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Be not too hasty either with praise or blame; speak always as though you were giving evidence before the judgement-seat of the Gods.
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I don’t trust liberals, I trust conservatives.
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Be wary of the man who urges an action in which he himself incurs no risk.
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One hand washes the other.
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A benefit is estimated according to the mind of the giver.
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Associate with people who are likely to improve you.
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Luck is preparation multiplied by opportunity.
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If you expect the wise man to be as angry as the baseness of crimes requires, then he must not only be angry but go insane.
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