Let the weary at length possess quiet rest.
SENECA THE YOUNGERSuccessful 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.
More Seneca the Younger Quotes
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Unjust dominion cannot be eternal.
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All my life I have been seeking to climb out of the pit of my besetting sins and I cannot do it and I never will unless a hand is let down to draw me up.
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Why do I not seek some real good; one which I could feel, not one which I could display?
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Nothing is more hateful to wisdom than to much cunning.
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The Fates guide those who go willingly. Those who do not, they drag.
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It’s a vice to trust all, and equally a vice to trust none.
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When once ambition has passed its natural limits, its progress is boundless.
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Drunkenness doesn’t create vices, but it brings them to the fore.
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Wisdom does not show itself so much in precept as in life – in firmness of mind and a mastery of appetite. It teaches us to do as well as to talk; and to make our words and actions all of a color.
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The expression of truth is simplicity.
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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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Persistent kindness conquers the ill-disposed.
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He who repents of having sinned is almost innocent.
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For many men, the acquisition of wealth does not end their troubles, it only changes them.
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True happiness is…to enjoy the present, without anxious dependence upon the future.
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