Be harsh with yourself at times.
SENECA THE YOUNGERWhatever we owe, it is our part to find where to pay it, and to do it without asking, too; for whether the creditor be good or bad, the debt is still the same.
More Seneca the Younger Quotes
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You cannot, I repeat, successfully acquire it and preserve your modesty at the same time.
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There is as much greatness of mind in acknowledging a good turn, as in doing it.
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They lose the day in expectation of the night, and the night in fear of the dawn.
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The point is, not how long you live, but how nobly you live.
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The vices of idleness are only to be shaken off by active employment.
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Be not too hasty either with praise or blame; speak always as though you were giving evidence before the judgement-seat of the Gods.
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Persistent kindness conquers the ill-disposed.
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There’s no delight in owning anything unshared.
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Men learn while they teach.
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Misfortune is the test of a person’s merit.
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Reason wishes that the judgement it gives be just; anger wishes that the judgement it has given seem to be just.
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When you see a man in distress, recognize him as a fellow man.
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A thousand approaches lie open to death.
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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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Be wary of the man who urges an action in which he himself incurs no risk.
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