I had rather never receive a kindness than never bestow one. Seneca the Younger More Quotes by Seneca the Younger More Quotes From Seneca the Younger Levity of behavior is the bane of all that is good and virtuous. Seneca the Younger levitybehaviourbehavior A benefit is estimated according to the mind of the giver. Seneca the Younger giverbenefitsmind He who blushes at riding in a rattletrap, will boast when he rides in style. Seneca the Younger ridingboaststyle A crowd of fellow-sufferers is a miserable kind of comfort. Seneca the Younger companionshipcrowdscomfort Epicurus says that you should rather have regard to the company with whom you eat and drink, than to what you eat and drink. Seneca the Younger companionshipdrinkshould The whole discord of this world consists in discords. Seneca the Younger contentiondiscordworld We most often go astray on a well trodden and much frequented road. Seneca the Younger wells Where reason fails, time oft has worked a cure. Seneca the Younger curesfailingreason Live for thy neighbor if thou wouldst live for thyself. Seneca the Younger thyselfneighborifs A hated government does not long survive. Seneca the Younger governmentdoelong The largest part of goodness is the will to become good. Seneca the Younger goodness It is not goodness to be better than the worst. Seneca the Younger worstgoodness The foundation of the true joy is in the conscience. Seneca the Younger true-joyfoundationjoy There is nothing more miserable and foolish than anticipation. Seneca the Younger miserableanticipationexpectations Economy is in itself a great source of revenue. Seneca the Younger economyrevenuesource The evil which assails us is not in the localities we inhabit but in ourselves. We lack strength to endure the least task, being incapable of suffering pain, powerless to enjoy pleasure, impatient with everything. How many invoke death when, after having tried every sort of change, they find themselves reverting to the same sensations, unable to discover any new experience. Seneca the Younger new-experiencespainevil The fates lead the willing, and drag the unwilling. Seneca the Younger dragwillingfate What nature requires is obtainable, and within easy reach. It is for the superfluous we sweat. Seneca the Younger sweatnatureeasy Death takes us piecemeal, not at a gulp. Seneca the Younger death Vice may be learnt, even without a teacher Seneca the Younger learningvicesteacher
