As long as we are among humans, let us be humane.
SENECA THE YOUNGERAs the soil, however rich it may be, cannot be productive without cultivation, so the mind without culture can never produce good fruit
More Seneca the Younger Quotes
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The road by precepts is tedious, by example, short and efficacious.
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That poverty is no disaster is understood by everyone who has not yet succumbed to the madness of greed and luxury that turns everything topsy-turvy.
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You want to live-but do you know how to live? You are scared of dying-and, tell me, is the kind of life you lead really any different from being dead?
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Time discovers truth.
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It is another’s fault if he be ungrateful, but it is mine if I do not give. To find one thankful man, I will oblige a great many that are not so.
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It is expedient for the victor to wish for peace restored; for the vanquished it is necessary.
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The customs of that most criminal nation (Israel) have gained such strength that they have now been received in all lands. The conquered have given laws to the conquerors.
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It’s a vice to trust all, and equally a vice to trust none.
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The Best sign of Wisdom is the consistency between the words and deeds.
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The mind is never right but when it is at peace within itself.
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Nobody will keep the thing he hears to himself, and nobody will repeat just what he hears and no more.
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If a man knows not to which port he sails, no wind is favorable.
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It is by the benefit of letters that absent friends are in a manner brought together.
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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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Luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity.
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