The one loves to do good, the other to do harm; the one to … - Seneca

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The one loves to do good, the other to do harm; the one to help even strangers, the other to attack even its dearest friends.

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Lucius Annaeus Seneca (c. 4 BC – A.D. 65), often known simply as Seneca, or Seneca the Younger, was a Roman Stoic philosopher, statesman, dramatist, and humorist. He was the son of Seneca the Elder.

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Native Name: Lucius Annaeus Seneca

Alternative Names: Seneca the Younger • the Younger Seneca • Lucio Anneo Seneca • Annaeus Seneca • Lucius Annaeus Seneca minor • Lucius Annaeus Seneca Iunior • L. Annæus Seneca • Lucius Annaeus Seneca the Younger

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Should I be surprised that dangers which have always surrounded me should at last attack me? A great part of mankind, when about to sail, do not think of a storm.

Satius est supervacua scire quam nihil.

Being poor is not having too little, it is wanting more.

The one loves to do good, the other to do harm; the one to help even strangers, the other to attack even its dearest friends. - Seneca

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