Nobody will keep the thing he hears to himself, and nobody will repeat just what he hears and no more.
SENECA THE YOUNGERReligion worships God, while superstition profanes that worship.
More Seneca the Younger Quotes
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To be feared is to fear. No one has been able to strike terror into others and at the same time enjoy peace of mind.
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No untroubled day has ever dawned for me.
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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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To live is not a blessing, but to live well.
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The greatest man is he who chooses right with the most invincible resolution.
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Let the weary at length possess quiet rest.
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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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Nobody becomes guilty by fate.
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Light cares cry out; the great ones still are dumb.
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He that lays down precepts for the governing of our lives, and moderating our passions, obliges humanity not only in the present, but in all future generations.
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No crime has been without a precedent.
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The expression of truth is simplicity.
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It is by the benefit of letters that absent friends are in a manner brought together.
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There is as much greatness of mind in acknowledging a good turn, as in doing it.
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If we desire to judge justly, we must persuade ourselves that none of us is without sin.
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