A gift consists not in what is done or given, but in the intention of the giver or doer.


Lucius Annaeus Seneca

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SENECA (LUCIUS ANNAEUS SENECA)
No possession is gratifying without a companion. [Lat., Nullius boni sine sociis jucunda possessio...
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He gives a benefit twice who gives quickly. [Lat., Inopi beneficium bis dat, qui dat celeriter.]
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Let him that hath done the good office conceal it; let him that received it disclose it. [Lat., Q...
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A benefit is estimated according to the mind of the giver. [Lat., Eodem animo beneficium debetur, ...
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A benefit consists not in what is done or given, but in the intention of the giver or doer. [Lat....
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Whatever begins, also ends. [Lat., Quicquid coepit, et desinit.]
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He who begs timidly courts a refusal. [Lat., Qui timide rogat, Docet negare.]
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Prosperity asks for fidelity; adversity exacts it. [Lat., Poscunt fidem secunda, at adversa exigun...
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Fidelity bought with money is overcome by money. [Lat., Pretio parata vincitur pretio fides.]
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He is not guilty who is not guilty of his own free will. [Lat., Haud est nocens, quicumque non spo...
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If you judge, investigate; if you reign, command. [Lat., Si judicas, cognosce; si regnas, jube.]
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Revenge is an inhuman word. [Lat., Inhumanum verbum est ultio.]
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We have suffered lightly, if we have suffered what we should weep for. [Lat., Levia perpessi sumu...
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He is ungrateful who denies that he has received a kindness which has been bestowed upon him; he is...
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How much does great prosperity overspread the mind with darkness. [Lat., Quantum caliginis mentibu...
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There is no satisfaction in any good without a companion. [Lat., Nullius boni sine sociis jucunda ...
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A thing seriously pursued affords true enjoyment. [Lat., Res severa est verum gaudium.]
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Whom they have injured they also hate. [Lat., Quos laeserunt et oderunt.]
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Leave in concealment what has long been concealed. [Lat., Latere semper patere, quod latuit diu.]
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The voice is nothing but beaten air. [Lat., Vox nihil aliud quam ictus aer.]
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Every monarch is subject to a mightier one. [Lat., Omnes sub regno graviore regnum est.]
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Why do you ask, how long has he lived? He has lived to posterity. [Lat., Quid quaeris, quamdiu v...
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Poison is drunk out of gold. [Lat., Venenum in auro bibitur.]
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There in no one more unfortunate than the man who has never been unfortunate. for it has never been...
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We have lost morals, justice, honor, piety and faith, and that sense of shame which, once lost, can...
SENECA (LUCIUS ANNAEUS SENECA)
They laboriously do nothing. [Lat., Operose nihil agunt.]
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What is more insane than to vent on senseless things the anger that is felt towards men? [Lat., Q...
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There has never been any great genius without a spice of madness. [Lat., Nullum magnum ingenium si...
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Drunkenness is nothing but voluntary madness. [Lat., Nihil aliud est ebrietas quam voluntaria insa...
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It is often better not to see an insult than to avenge it. [Lat., Saepe satius fuit dissimulare qu...
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That grief is light which can take counsel. [Lat., Levis est dolor qui capere consilium potest.]
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What narrow innocence it is for one to be good only according to the law. [Lat., Quam angusta inn...
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He who has injured thee was either stronger or weaker. If weaker, spare him; if stronger, spare th...
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I am ashamed of my master and not of my servitude. [Lat., Domini pudet non servitutis.]
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Every change of place becomes a delight. [Lat., Omnis mutatio loci jucunda fiet.]
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He who tenders doubtful safety to those in trouble refuses it. [Lat., Dubiam salutem qui dat adfli...
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Light troubles speak; immense troubles are silent. [Lat., Curae leves loquuntur, ingentes stupent....
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We sought therefore to amend our will, and not to suffer it through despite to languish long time i...
SENECA (LUCIUS ANNAEUS SENECA)
The throne of another is not stable for thee. [Lat., Alieno in loco Haud stabile regnum est.]
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He deserves praise who does not what he may, but what he ought. [Lat., Id facere laus est quod dec...
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When you see a man in distress, recognize him as a fellow man. [Lat., Quemcumque miserum videris, ...
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There is nothing so wretched or foolish as to anticipate misfortunes. What madness it is in your e...
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Calamity is virtue's opportunity. [Lat., Calamitas virtutis occasio est.]
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The wretched hasten to hear of their own miseries. [Lat., Miserias properant suas Audire miser...
SENECA (LUCIUS ANNAEUS SENECA)
Fire tries gold, misery tries brave men. [Lat., Ignis aurum probat, misera fortes viros.]
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Mercy often inflicts death. [Lat., Mortem misericors saepe pro vita dabit.]
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Great grief does not of itself put an end itself. [Lat., Magnus sibi ipse non facit finem dolor.]
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Light griefs are communicative, great ones stupefy. [Lat., Curae leves loquuntur, ingentes stupent...
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Let the man, who would be grateful, think of repaying a kindness, even while receiving it. [Lat.,...
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It is the practice of the multitude to bark at eminent men, as little dogs do at strangers.
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Successful crime is dignified with the name of virtue; the good become the slaves of the impious; m...
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A hungry people listens not to reason, not cares for justice, nor is bent by any prayers. [Lat., ...
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When God has once begun to throw down the prosperous, He overthrows them altogether: such is the e...
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God never repents of what He has first resolved upon. [Lat., Nec unquam primi consilii deos peonit...
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