He that lays down precepts for the governing of our lives, and moderating our passions, obliges humanity not only in the present, but in all future generations.
SENECA THE YOUNGERWhen you see a man in distress, recognize him as a fellow man.
More Seneca the Younger Quotes
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He robs present ills of their power who has perceived their coming beforehand.
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Not how long, but how well you have lived is the main thing.
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No untroubled day has ever dawned for me.
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Those whom true love has held, it will go on holding.
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Believe me, that was a happy age, before the days of architects, before the days of builders.
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There has not been any great talent without an element of madness. -Nullum magnum ingenium sine mixtura dementiae fuit
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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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The young man must store up, the old man must use.
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He who has great power should use it lightly.
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The greatest man is he who chooses right with the most invincible resolution.
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Hardly a man will you find who could live with his door open.
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The first proof of a well-ordered mind is to be able to pause and linger within itself.
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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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The vices of idleness are only to be shaken off by active employment.
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Time discovers truth.
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