It is proof of a bad cause when it is applauded by the mob.
SENECA THE YOUNGERTo the believers it is true. To the wise it is false. To the leaders it is useful.
More Seneca the Younger Quotes
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Fate leads the willing, and drags along the reluctant.
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Don’t stumble over something behind you.
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It is expedient for the victor to wish for peace restored; for the vanquished it is necessary.
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That poverty is no disaster is understood by everyone who has not yet succumbed to the madness of greed and luxury that turns everything topsy-turvy.
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Religion is regarded by the common people as true, by the wise as false, and by rulers as useful.
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That day which you fear as being the end of all things is the birthday of your eternity.
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Persistent kindness conquers the ill-disposed.
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Religion worships God, while superstition profanes that worship.
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Drunkenness does not create vice; it merely brings it into view.
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Be wary of the man who urges an action in which he himself incurs no risk.
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Courage leads to heaven; fear leads to death.
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When once ambition has passed its natural limits, its progress is boundless.
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The worse a person is the less he feels it.
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Tota vita nihil aliud quam ad mortem iter est. The whole of life is nothing but a journey to death.
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The customs of that most criminal nation (Israel) have gained such strength that they have now been received in all lands. The conquered have given laws to the conquerors.
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