It is another’s fault if he be ungrateful, but it is mine if I do not give. To find one thankful man, I will oblige a great many that are not so.
SENECA THE YOUNGERIf you are wise, You will mingle one thing with the other- Not hoping without doubt; Not doubting without hope.
More Seneca the Younger Quotes
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There has not been any great talent without an element of madness. -Nullum magnum ingenium sine mixtura dementiae fuit
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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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There is no genius without a mixture of madness.
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People do not die – they kill themselves.
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As long as you live, learn how to live.
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A person’s fears are lighter when the danger is at hand.
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The mind unlearns with difficulty what it has long learned.
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The state of that man’s mind who feels too intense an interest as to future events, must be most deplorable.
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Unjust dominion cannot be eternal.
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As long as we are among humans, let us be humane.
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Who timidly requests invites refusal.
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To be enslaved to oneself is the heaviest of all servitudes.-
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It is quality rather than quantity that matters.
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Consider, when you are enraged at any one, what you would probably think if he should die during the dispute.
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Freedom can’t be kept for nothing. If you set a high value on liberty, you must set a low value on everything else.
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