He that does good to another does good also to himself, not only in the consequence but in the very act. For the consciousness of well-doing is in itself ample reward.
SENECA THE YOUNGERHe that does good to another does good also to himself, not only in the consequence but in the very act. For the consciousness of well-doing is in itself ample reward.
SENECA THE YOUNGEREvery journey has an end.
SENECA THE YOUNGERIt is more fitting for a man to laugh at life than to lament over it.
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
SENECA THE YOUNGERThis body is not a home, but an inn; and that only for a short time.
SENECA THE YOUNGERThe wise man will always reflect concerning the quality not the quantity of life.
SENECA THE YOUNGERThe mind is never right but when it is at peace within itself.
SENECA THE YOUNGERIt is the sign of a weak mind to be unable to bear wealth.
SENECA THE YOUNGERThe person you are matters more than the place to which you go.
SENECA THE YOUNGERReligion is regarded by the common people as true, by the wise as false, and by rulers as useful.
SENECA THE YOUNGERThat 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.
SENECA THE YOUNGERI had rather never receive a kindness than never bestow one.
SENECA THE YOUNGERWisdom does not show itself so much in precept as in life – in firmness of mind and a mastery of appetite. It teaches us to do as well as to talk; and to make our words and actions all of a color.
SENECA THE YOUNGERIt is by the benefit of letters that absent friends are in a manner brought together.
SENECA THE YOUNGERThere has not been any great talent without an element of madness. -Nullum magnum ingenium sine mixtura dementiae fuit
SENECA THE YOUNGERThe Best sign of Wisdom is the consistency between the words and deeds.
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