Freedom can’t be kept for nothing. If you set a high value on liberty, you must set a low value on everything else.
SENECA THE YOUNGERIt is safer to offend certain men than it is to oblige them; for as proof that they owe nothing they seek recourse in hatred.
More Seneca the Younger Quotes
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Bear in mind that you commit a crime by injuring even a wicked brother.
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Who timidly requests invites refusal.
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What you do for an ungrateful man is thrown away.
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For men in a state of freedom had thatch for their shelter, while slavery dwells beneath marble and gold.
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That which has been endured with difficulty is remedied with delight.
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The point is, not how long you live, but how nobly you live.
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A benefit is estimated according to the mind of the giver.
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People do not die – they kill themselves.
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The thing that matters is not what you bear, but how you bear it
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Those who boast of their descent, brag on what they owe to others.
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To the stars through difficulties.
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Why will no man confess his faults? Because he continues to indulge in them; a man cannot tell his dream till he wakes.
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Life is long if you know how to use it.
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What narrow innocence it is for one to be good only according to the law.
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If we desire to judge justly, we must persuade ourselves that none of us is without sin.
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