We have lost morals, justice, honor, piety and faith, and that sense of shame which, once lost, can never be restored.
SENECA THE YOUNGERHe who receives a benefit with gratitude, repays the first installment of it.
More Seneca the Younger Quotes
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Nobody becomes guilty by fate.
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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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The first step towards amendment is the recognition of error.
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Every journey has an end.
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If you judge, investigate.
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Who shrinks from knowledge of his calamities but aggravates his fear; troubles half seen, shall torture all the more.
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Even after a bad harvest there must be sowing.
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You want to live-but do you know how to live? You are scared of dying-and, tell me, is the kind of life you lead really any different from being dead?
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It is easier to grow in dignity than to make a start.
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I had rather never receive a kindness than never bestow one.
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It is the sign of a weak mind to be unable to bear wealth.
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Light is that grief which counsel can allay.
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Let not the enjoyment of pleasures now within your grasp, be carried to such excess as to incapacitate you from future repetition.
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Where fear is, happiness is not.
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As long as you live, learn how to live.
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