The world itself is too small for the covetous.
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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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It is safer to offend certain men than it is to oblige them; for as proof that they owe nothing they seek recourse in hatred.
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May be is very well, but Must is the master. It is my duty to show justice without recompense.
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It’s the admirer and the watcher who provoke us to all the inanities we commit.
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One crime has to be concealed by another.
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Why do people not confess vices? It is because they have not yet laid them aside. It is a waking person only who can tell their dreams.
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No crime has been without a precedent.
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That loss is most discreditable which is caused by negligence.
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A great step towards independence is a good-humored stomach, one that is willing to endure rough treatment.
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Light is that grief which counsel can allay.
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He who has great power should use it lightly.
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If you will fear nothing, think that all things are to be feared.
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True happiness is…to enjoy the present, without anxious dependence upon the future.
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For many men, the acquisition of wealth does not end their troubles, it only changes them.
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Death is a release from and an end of all pains.
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