The customs of that most criminal nation (Israel) have gained such strength that they have now been received in all lands. The conquered have given laws to the conquerors.
SENECA THE YOUNGERDeath is a punishment to some, to others a gift and to many a favour.
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Even after a bad harvest there must be sowing.
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But when you are looking on anyone as a friend when you do not trust him as you trust yourself, you are making a grave mistake, and have failed to grasp sufficiently the full force of true friendship.
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Whenever you hold a fellow creature in distress, remember that he is a man.
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It is by the benefit of letters that absent friends are in a manner brought together.
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Four things does a reckless man gain who covets his neighbor’s wife – demerit, an uncomfortable bed, thirdly, punishment, and lastly, hell.
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Prudence will punish to prevent crime, not to avenge it.
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The philosopher: he alone knows how to live for himself. He is the one, in fact, who knows the fundamental thing: how to live.
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You cannot escape necessities, but you can overcome them.
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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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The shortest road to wealth lies in the contempt of wealth.
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The kind of solace that arises from having company in misery is spiteful.
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You learn to know a pilot in a storm.
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You cannot, I repeat, successfully acquire it and preserve your modesty at the same time.
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Nothing is more hateful to wisdom than to much cunning.
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He grieves more than is necessary who grieves before any cause for sorrow has arisen.
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