All my life I have been seeking to climb out of the pit of my besetting sins and I cannot do it and I never will unless a hand is let down to draw me up.
SENECA THE YOUNGERThe wise man will always reflect concerning the quality not the quantity of life.
More Seneca the Younger Quotes
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Our words should aim not to please, but to help.
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A benefit is estimated according to the mind of the giver.
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Virtue with some is nothing but successful temerity.
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The worse a person is the less he feels it.
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What others think of us would be of little moment did it not, when known, so deeply tinge what we think of ourselves.
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There is no easy way from the earth to the stars.
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The road by precepts is tedious, by example, short and efficacious.
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To forgive all is as inhuman as to forgive none
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I had rather never receive a kindness than never bestow one.
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If we let things terrify us, life will not be worth living.
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He robs present ills of their power who has perceived their coming beforehand.
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The point is, not how long you live, but how nobly you live.
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Even after a bad harvest there must be sowing.
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Be harsh with yourself at times.
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What progress have I made? I am beginning to be my own friend. That is progress indeed
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If God adds another day to our life, let us receive it gladly.
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For many men, the acquisition of wealth does not end their troubles, it only changes them.
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Epileptics know by signs when attacks are imminent and take precautions accordingly; we must do the same in regard to anger
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Unblest is he who thinks himself unblest.
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There is nothing wrong with changing a plan when the situation has changed.
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Time discovers truth.
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What narrow innocence it is for one to be good only according to the law.
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Nothing is more hateful to wisdom than to much cunning.
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While crime is punished it yet increases.
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The person you are matters more than the place to which you go.
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Unjust dominion cannot be eternal.
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