He who comes to a conclusion when the other side is unheard, may have been just in his conclusion, but yet has not been just in his conduct.
SENECA THE YOUNGERThe willing, destiny guides them; the unwilling, destiny drags them.
More Seneca the Younger Quotes
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Drunkenness does not create vice; it merely brings it into view.
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If you expect the wise man to be as angry as the baseness of crimes requires, then he must not only be angry but go insane.
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Who shrinks from knowledge of his calamities but aggravates his fear; troubles half seen, shall torture all the more.
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If a man knows not to which port he sails, no wind is favorable.
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The foundation of the true joy is in the conscience.
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Dangerous is wrath concealed. Hatred proclaimed doth lose its chance of wreaking vengeance.
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If you wish to be loved, love.
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No crime has been without a precedent.
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Those whom true love has held, it will go on holding.
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Even after a bad harvest there must be sowing.
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What madness it is for a man to starve himself to enrich his heir, and so turn a friend into an enemy! For his joy at your death will be proportioned to what you leave him.
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Bear in mind that you commit a crime by injuring even a wicked brother.
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He who repents of having sinned is almost innocent.
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Whenever you hold a fellow creature in distress, remember that he is a man.
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Epileptics know by signs when attacks are imminent and take precautions accordingly; we must do the same in regard to anger
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