It is a world of mischief that may be done by a single example of avarice or luxury. One voluptuous palate makes many more.
SENECA THE YOUNGERI don’t trust liberals, I trust conservatives.
More Seneca the Younger Quotes
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What was hard to suffer is sweet to remember.
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What madness it is for a man to starve himself to enrich his heir, and so turn a friend into an enemy! For his joy at your death will be proportioned to what you leave him.
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Philosophy does not regard pedigree, she received Plato not as a noble, but she made him one.
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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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He who has made a fair compact with poverty is rich.
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If you are wise, You will mingle one thing with the other- Not hoping without doubt; Not doubting without hope.
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Light is that grief which counsel can allay.
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Where reason fails, time oft has worked a cure.
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A young man respects and looks up to his teachers.
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A benefit is estimated according to the mind of the giver.
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I had rather never receive a kindness than never bestow one.
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Unblest is he who thinks himself unblest.
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How great would be our peril if our slaves began to number us!
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Be harsh with yourself at times.
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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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