Bear in mind that you commit a crime by injuring even a wicked brother.
SENECA THE YOUNGERMay be is very well, but Must is the master. It is my duty to show justice without recompense.
More Seneca the Younger Quotes
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Truth will never be tedious unto him that travelleth in the secrets of nature; there is nothing but falsehood that glutteth us.
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Freedom can’t be kept for nothing. If you set a high value on liberty, you must set a low value on everything else.
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It’s the admirer and the watcher who provoke us to all the inanities we commit.
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Persistent kindness conquers the ill-disposed.
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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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Difficulties strengthen the mind, as labor does the body.
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Nothing is more hateful to wisdom than to much cunning.
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Drunkenness is simply voluntary insanity.
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What others think of us would be of little moment did it not, when known, so deeply tinge what we think of ourselves.
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True joy is a serene and sober motion; and they are miserably out so that take laughing for rejoicing; the seat of it is within, and there is no cheerfulness like the resolutions of a brave mind.
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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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Successful 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.
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Where reason fails, time oft has worked a cure.
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There is nothing wrong with changing a plan when the situation has changed.
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This body is not a home, but an inn; and that only for a short time.
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