Seneca (Lucius Annaeus Seneca)

Not how long, but how well you have lived is the main thing.

Not how long, but how well you have lived is the main thing.

It is often better not to see an insult than to avenge it.
[Lat., Saepe satius fuit dissimulare quam read more

It is often better not to see an insult than to avenge it.
[Lat., Saepe satius fuit dissimulare quam ulcisci.]

He gives a benefit twice who gives quickly.
[Lat., Inopi beneficium bis dat, qui dat celeriter.]

He gives a benefit twice who gives quickly.
[Lat., Inopi beneficium bis dat, qui dat celeriter.]

The first art to be learned by a ruler is to endure envy.
[Lat., Ars prima regni posse te read more

The first art to be learned by a ruler is to endure envy.
[Lat., Ars prima regni posse te invidiam pati.]

A benefit consists not in what is done or given, but in the
intention of the giver or doer.
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A benefit consists not in what is done or given, but in the
intention of the giver or doer.
[Lat., Beneficium non in eo quot fit aut datur consistit sed in
ipso dantis aut facientis animo.]