The world itself is too small for the covetous.
SENECA THE YOUNGERIt is by the benefit of letters that absent friends are in a manner brought together.
More Seneca the Younger Quotes
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Four things does a reckless man gain who covets his neighbor’s wife – demerit, an uncomfortable bed, thirdly, punishment, and lastly, hell.
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Luck never made a man wise.
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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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He who repents of having sinned is almost innocent.
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Nothing is as certain as that the vices of leisure are gotten rid of by being busy.
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The point is, not how long you live, but how nobly you live.
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There is no greater punishment of wickedness that that it is dissatisfied with itself and its deeds.
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A person’s fears are lighter when the danger is at hand.
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The expression of truth is simplicity.
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Ignorant people see life as either existence or non-existence, but wise men see it beyond both existence and non-existence to something that transcends them both; this is an observation of the Middle Way.
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If God adds another day to our life, let us receive it gladly.
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You can only acquire it successfully if you cease to feel any sense of shame.
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Injustice never rules forever.
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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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The man who while he gives thinks of what he will get in return, deserves to be deceived.
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No untroubled day has ever dawned for me.
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He who has great power should use it lightly.
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He who dreads hostility too much is unfit to rule.
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Our (the Stoic) motto, as you know, is live according to nature.
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There is nothing wrong with changing a plan when the situation has changed.
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What madness it is for a man to starve himself to enrich his heir, and so turn a friend into an enemy! For his joy at your death will be proportioned to what you leave him.
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It is easier to grow in dignity than to make a start.
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Every new beginning comes from some other beginning’s end.
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Revenge is an inhuman word.
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It’s not that we have a short time to live, but that we waste a lot of it.
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A benefit consists not in what is done or given, but in the intention of the giver or doer.
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