We have not to talk, but to steer the vessel.
SENECA THE YOUNGERSuccessful villany is called virtue.
More Seneca the Younger Quotes
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The vices of idleness are only to be shaken off by active employment.
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I was not born for one corner. The whole world is my native land.
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In every good man a God doth dwell.
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It is not poverty that we praise, it is the man whom poverty cannot humble or bend.
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The fearful face usually betrays great guilt.
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There is more heroism in self-denial than in deeds of arms.
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It’s a vice to trust all, and equally a vice to trust none.
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He who has made a fair compact with poverty is rich.
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You learn to know a pilot in a storm.
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Four things does a reckless man gain who covets his neighbor’s wife – demerit, an uncomfortable bed, thirdly, punishment, and lastly, hell.
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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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Not how long, but how well you have lived is the main thing.
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That loss is most discreditable which is caused by negligence.
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Hesitation is the best cure for anger. The first blows of anger are heavy, but if it waits, it will think again.
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That which has been endured with difficulty is remedied with delight.
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