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Wells Quotes by Seneca the Younger
- May be is very well, but Must is the master. It is my duty to show justice without recompense.
- To wish to be well is a part of becoming well.
- He that does good to another does good also to himself, not only in the consequence but in the very act. For the consciousness of…
- Not how long, but how well you have lived is the main thing.
- ...the geometrician teaches me how to work out the size of my estates rather than how to work out how much a man needs in…
- Teach the art of living well.
- Whatever is well said by another, is mine.
- Wisdom does not show itself so much in precept as in life - in firmness of mind and a mastery of appetite. It teaches us…
- Life is a gift of the immortal Gods, but living well is the gift of philosophy.
- The first proof of a well-ordered mind is to be able to pause and linger within itself.
- The primary sign of a well-ordered mind is a man's ability to remain in one place and linger in his own company
- A well-governed appetite is a great part of liberty
- On him does death lie heavily, who, but too well known to all, dies to himself unknown.
- Wisdom teaches us to do, as well as to talk; and to make our words and actions all of a colour.
- Not a soul takes thought how well he may live- only how long: yet a good life might be everybody's, a long one can be…
- Nothing, to my way of thinking, is a better proof of a well-ordered mind than a man's ability to stop just where he is and…
- Auditur et altera pars. (The other side shall be heard as well.)
- How much longer are you going to be a pupil? From now on do some teaching as well.
- A dwarf is small even if he stands on a mountain; a colossus keeps his height, even if he stands in a well.
- To things which you bear with impatience you should accustom yourself, and, by habit you will bear them well.
- Accustom yourself to that which you bear ill, and you will bear it well.
- Before old age I took care to live well; in old age I take care to die well; but to die well is to die…
- To live is not a blessing, but to live well.
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