It is dishonorable to say one thing and think another; how much more dishonorable to write one thing and think another.
SENECA THE YOUNGERReligion worships God, while superstition profanes that worship.
More Seneca the Younger Quotes
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Luck is preparation multiplied by opportunity.
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No crime has been without a precedent.
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Every new beginning comes from some other beginning’s end.
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He who repents of having sinned is almost innocent.
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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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If God adds another day to our life, let us receive it gladly.
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As the soil, however rich it may be, cannot be productive without cultivation, so the mind without culture can never produce good fruit
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Time discovers truth.
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That which has been endured with difficulty is remedied with delight.
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Don’t stumble over something behind you.
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Success is not greedy, as people think, but insignificant. That is why it satisfies nobody.
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There’s no delight in owning anything unshared.
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Watch over yourself. Be your own accuser, then your judge; ask yourself grace sometimes, and, if there is need, impose upon yourself some pain.
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To be always fortunate, and to pass through life with a soul that has never known sorrow, is to be ignorant of one half of nature.
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Go on and increase in valor, O boy! this is the path to immortality.
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