The comfort of having a friend may be taken away, but not that of having had one.
SENECA THE YOUNGERThere is no greater punishment of wickedness that that it is dissatisfied with itself and its deeds.
More Seneca the Younger Quotes
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Difficulties strengthen the mind, as labor does the body.
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I had rather never receive a kindness than never bestow one.
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I persist on praising not the life I lead, but that which I ought to lead. I follow it at a mighty distance, crawling
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Unblest is he who thinks himself unblest.
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Be harsh with yourself at times.
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The vices of idleness are only to be shaken off by active employment.
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Luck is preparation multiplied by opportunity.
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He who has great power should use it lightly.
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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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A man can refrain from wanting what he has not and cheerfully make the best of a bird in the hand.
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Of war men ask the outcome, not the cause.
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How much better to pursue a straight course and eventually reach that destination where the things that are pleasant are the things that are honorable finally become, for you, the same.
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He who receives a benefit with gratitude, repays the first installment of it.
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There is no genius without a mixture of madness.
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Dangerous is wrath concealed. Hatred proclaimed doth lose its chance of wreaking vengeance.
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