It’s a vice to trust all, and equally a vice to trust none.
SENECA THE YOUNGERHuman society is like an arch, kept from falling by the mutual pressure of its parts
More Seneca the Younger Quotes
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The worse a person is the less he feels it.
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Religion worships God, while superstition profanes that worship.
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It’s not that we have a short time to live, but that we waste a lot of it.
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No crime has been without a precedent.
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If God adds another day to our life, let us receive it gladly.
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As the soil, however rich it may be, cannot be productive without cultivation, so the mind without culture can never produce good fruit
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Death is a punishment to some, to others a gift and to many a favour.
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The highest duty and the highest proof of wisdom – that deed and word should be in accord.
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There is no satisfaction in any good without a companion.
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For many men, the acquisition of wealth does not end their troubles, it only changes them.
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We have not to talk, but to steer the vessel.
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A young man respects and looks up to his teachers.
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A benefit consists not in what is done or given, but in the intention of the giver or doer.
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To live is not a blessing, but to live well.
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It is expedient for the victor to wish for peace restored; for the vanquished it is necessary.
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