To live is not a blessing, but to live well.
SENECA THE YOUNGERMen learn while they teach.
More Seneca the Younger Quotes
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The shortest road to wealth lies in the contempt of wealth.
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The fearful face usually betrays great guilt.
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Genius always gives its best at first; prudence, at last.
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A sword by itself does not slay; it is merely the weapon used by the slayer.
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We have lost morals, justice, honor, piety and faith, and that sense of shame which, once lost, can never be restored.
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You can only acquire it successfully if you cease to feel any sense of shame.
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The mind unlearns with difficulty what it has long learned.
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A man can refrain from wanting what he has not and cheerfully make the best of a bird in the hand.
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Modesty once extinguished knows not how to return.
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Prudence will punish to prevent crime, not to avenge it.
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It’s the admirer and the watcher who provoke us to all the inanities we commit.
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There is none made so great, but he may both need the help and service, and stand in fear of the power and unkindness, even of the meanest of mortals.
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A great fortune is a great slavery.
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Our words should aim not to please, but to help.
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I was not born for one corner. The whole world is my native land.
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