The sun shines even on the wicked.
SENECA THE YOUNGERBe silent as to services you have rendered, but speak of favours you have received.
More Seneca the Younger Quotes
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Be harsh with yourself at times.
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What is more insane than to vent on senseless things the anger that is felt towards men?
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I was not born for one corner. The whole world is my native land.
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Those griefs burn most which gall in secret.
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Nothing is more hateful to wisdom than to much cunning.
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Our plans miscarry because they have no aim.
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We have lost morals, justice, honor, piety and faith, and that sense of shame which, once lost, can never be restored.
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The young man must store up, the old man must use.
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Our words should aim not to please, but to help.
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There has not been any great talent without an element of madness. -Nullum magnum ingenium sine mixtura dementiae fuit
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While crime is punished it yet increases.
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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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Prudence will punish to prevent crime, not to avenge it.
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Bear in mind that you commit a crime by injuring even a wicked brother.
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He grieves more than is necessary who grieves before any cause for sorrow has arisen.
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