What you do for an ungrateful man is thrown away.
SENECA THE YOUNGERIt is proof of a bad cause when it is applauded by the mob.
More Seneca the Younger Quotes
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A person’s fears are lighter when the danger is at hand.
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Let not the enjoyment of pleasures now within your grasp, be carried to such excess as to incapacitate you from future repetition.
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Tranqility is a certain quality of mind, which no condition or fortune can either exalt or depress.
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That which has been endured with difficulty is remedied with delight.
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What others think of us would be of little moment did it not, when known, so deeply tinge what we think of ourselves.
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Successful crime is dignified with the name of virtue; the good become the slaves of the wicked; might makes right; fear silences the power of the law.
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The greatest man is he who chooses right with the most invincible resolution.
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Be not too hasty either with praise or blame; speak always as though you were giving evidence before the judgement-seat of the Gods.
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Time discovers truth.
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The expression of truth is simplicity.
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The greater part of progress is the desire to progress.
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There is no genius without a mixture of madness.
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Bear in mind that you commit a crime by injuring even a wicked brother.
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Hesitation is the best cure for anger. The first blows of anger are heavy, but if it waits, it will think again.
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The willing, destiny guides them; the unwilling, destiny drags them.
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