If we desire to judge justly, we must persuade ourselves that none of us is without sin.
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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There is no greater punishment of wickedness that that it is dissatisfied with itself and its deeds.
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Men do not care how nobly they live, but only how long, although it is within the reach of every man to live nobly, but within no man’s power to live long.
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Death either destroys or unhusks us. If it means liberation, better things await us when our burden s gone: if destruction, nothing at all awaits us; blessings and curses are abolished.
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There is no genius without a mixture of madness.
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Genius always gives its best at first; prudence, at last.
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Desultory reading is delightful, but to be beneficial, our reading must be carefully directed.
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It’s the admirer and the watcher who provoke us to all the inanities we commit.
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Greatness stands upon a precipice, and if prosperity carries a man never so little beyond his poise, it overbears and dashes him to pieces.
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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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Drunkenness is simply voluntary insanity.
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The fearful face usually betrays great guilt.
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If we let things terrify us, life will not be worth living.
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Persistent kindness conquers the ill-disposed.
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How much does great prosperity overspread the mind with darkness.
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The thing that matters is not what you bear, but how you bear it
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