Reason wishes that the judgement it gives be just; anger wishes that the judgement it has given seem to be just.
SENECA THE YOUNGERI had rather never receive a kindness than never bestow one.
More Seneca the Younger Quotes
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People do not die – they kill themselves.
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Truth will never be tedious unto him that travelleth in the secrets of nature; there is nothing but falsehood that glutteth us.
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Persistent kindness conquers the ill-disposed.
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The true felicity of life is to be free from anxieties and pertubations; to understand and do our duties to God and man, and to enjoy the present without any serious dependence on the future.
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One hand washes the other.
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Epicurus says, “gratitude is a virtue that has commonly profit annexed to it.” And where is the virtue that has not? But still the virtue is to be valued for itself, and not for the profit that attends it.
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Tranqility is a certain quality of mind, which no condition or fortune can either exalt or depress.
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It’s a vice to trust all, and equally a vice to trust none.
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Desultory reading is delightful, but to be beneficial, our reading must be carefully directed.
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In the meantime, cling tooth and nail to the following rule: not to give in to adversity, not to trust prosperity, and always take full note of fortune’s habit of behaving just as she pleases.
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What view is one likely to take of the state of a person’s mind when his speech is wild and incoherent and knows no constraint?
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Diligence is a very great help even to a mediocre intelligence. -Diligentia maximum etiam mediocris ingeni subsidium
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Religion is regarded by the common people as true, by the wise as false, and by rulers as useful.
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Light is that grief which counsel can allay.
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What was hard to suffer is sweet to remember.
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