What narrow innocence it is for one to be good only according to the law.
SENECA THE YOUNGERWhen one is friend on himself, also is friend of everybody.
More Seneca the Younger Quotes
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What is more insane than to vent on senseless things the anger that is felt towards men?
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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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Whatever 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.
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When you see a man in distress, recognize him as a fellow man.
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Life without literary studies is death.
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A great fortune is a great slavery.
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Even after a bad harvest there must be sowing.
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I had rather never receive a kindness than never bestow one.
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The shortest road to wealth lies in the contempt of wealth.
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The comfort of having a friend may be taken away, but not that of having had one.
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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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Light cares cry out; the great ones still are dumb.
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It is dishonorable to say one thing and think another; how much more dishonorable to write one thing and think another.
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To live is not a blessing, but to live well.
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Every journey has an end.
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