There is nothing more miserable and foolish than anticipation.
SENECA THE YOUNGERReason wishes that the judgement it gives be just; anger wishes that the judgement it has given seem to be just.
More Seneca the Younger Quotes
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There is nothing in the world so much admired as a man who knows how to bear unhappiness with courage.
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He who receives a benefit with gratitude, repays the first installment of it.
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Modesty once extinguished knows not how to return.
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The swiftness of time is infinite, as is still more evident when we look back on the past.
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It’s a vice to trust all, and equally a vice to trust none.
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Those whom true love has held, it will go on holding.
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Choose as a guide one whom you will admire more when you see him act than when you hear him speak.
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True happiness is…to enjoy the present, without anxious dependence upon the future.
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The most imperious masters over their own servants are at the same time the most abject slaves to the servants of others.
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Hesitation is the best cure for anger. The first blows of anger are heavy, but if it waits, it will think again.
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There is as much greatness of mind in acknowledging a good turn, as in doing it.
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A benefit is estimated according to the mind of the giver.
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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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I had rather never receive a kindness than never bestow one.
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A great fortune is a great slavery.
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