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He deserves praise who does not what he may, but what he ought.

He deserves praise who does not what he may, but what he ought.

Seneca the Younger
May, Doe, Praise
"Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations" by Jehiel Keeler Hoyt, p. 624-25, Octavia, 454, 1922.

The greatest chastisement that a man may receive who hath outraged another, is to have done the outrage; and there is no man who is so rudely punished as he that is subject to the whip of his own repentance.

Seneca the Younger
Men, Done, May

God never repents of what He has first resolved upon.

Seneca the Younger
Firsts, Repentance, Repent
"Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations" by Jehiel Keeler Hoyt, p. 665-66, De Beneficiis, VI. 23, 1922.

He who tenders doubtful safety to those in trouble refuses it.

Seneca the Younger
Safety, Trouble, Refuse
"Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations" by Jehiel Keeler Hoyt, p. 816, Oedipus, CCXIII, 1922.

Every change of place becomes a delight.

Seneca the Younger
Delight, Variety

It is the constant fault and inseparable evil quality of ambition, that it never looks behind it.

Seneca the Younger
Ambition, Evil, Quality

Ignorance is the cause of fear.

Seneca the Younger
Fear, Latin, Ignorance

The gladiator is formulating his plan in the arena or essentially Too late.

Seneca the Younger
Latin, Too Late, Arena

The mind should be allowed some relaxation, that it may return to its work all the better for the rest.

Seneca the Younger
Relaxation, Mind, May

One hand washes the other.

Seneca the Younger
Latin, Hands, Unity

Democracy is more cruel than wars or tyrants.

Seneca the Younger
War, Tyrants, Historical

Nothing is as certain as that the vices of leisure are gotten rid of by being busy.

Seneca the Younger
Happiness, Vices, Leisure

The voice is nothing but beaten air.

Seneca the Younger
Air, Voice, Beaten
"Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations" by Jehiel Keeler Hoyt, p. 840-41, Naturalinum Quæstionum, Book II. 29, 1922.

We sought therefore to amend our will, and not to suffer it through despite to languish long time in error.

Seneca the Younger
Errors, Long, Suffering
"Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations" by Jehiel Keeler Hoyt, p. 871-82, Of Benefits, Book V, Chapter XXV, Epigram 67, 1922.

It is dishonorable to say one thing and think another; how much more dishonorable to write one thing and think another.

Seneca the Younger
Writing, Thinking, Deceit

It is easier to grow in dignity than to make a start.

Seneca the Younger
Dignity, Easier, Grows

The voice of flattery affects us after it has ceased, just as after a concert men find some agreeable air ringing in their ears to the exclusion of all serious business.

Seneca the Younger
Men, Air, Voice

The fearful face usually betrays great guilt.

Seneca the Younger
Guilt, Faces, Betray
"Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations" by Jehiel Keeler Hoyt, p. 345-46, Thyestes, CCCXXX, 1922.

He is not guilty who is not guilty of his own free will.

Seneca the Younger
Guilt, Free Will, Guilty
"Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations" by Jehiel Keeler Hoyt, p. 345-46, Hercules Oetaeus, 886, 1922.

Tis not the belly's hunger that costs so much, but its pride

Seneca the Younger
Pride, Cost, Hunger

We have lost morals, justice, honor, piety and faith, and that sense of shame which, once lost, can never be restored.

Seneca the Younger
Loss, Justice, Honor
"Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations" by Jehiel Keeler Hoyt, p. 462-63, Agamemnon, CXII, 1922.

The wretched hasten to hear of their own miseries.

Seneca the Younger
Misery, Wretched
"Hercules Œtæus", 754, as quoted in Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations, p. 517-18, 1922.

Fire tries gold, misery tries brave men.

Seneca the Younger
Men, Fire, Brave
"De Providentia", V, as quoted in Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations, p. 517-18, 1922.

Money has yet to make anyone rich.

Seneca the Younger
Motivational, Rich

There is this blessing, that while life has but one entrance, it has exits innumerable, and as I choose the house in which I live, the ship in which I will sail, so will I choose the time and manner of my death.

Seneca the Younger
Blessing, House, Atheism

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