It is dishonorable to say one thing and think another; how much more dishonorable to write one thing and think another.
SENECA THE YOUNGERAlthough a man has so well purged his mind that nothing can trouble or deceive him any more, yet he reached his present innocence through sin.
More Seneca the Younger Quotes
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Revenge is an inhuman word.
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To forgive all is as inhuman as to forgive none
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Why will no man confess his faults? Because he continues to indulge in them; a man cannot tell his dream till he wakes.
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There is nothing in the world so much admired as a man who knows how to bear unhappiness with courage.
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Disease is not of the body but of the place.
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Luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity.
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Freedom can’t be kept for nothing. If you set a high value on liberty, you must set a low value on everything else.
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To the believers it is true. To the wise it is false. To the leaders it is useful.
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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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The point is, not how long you live, but how nobly you live.
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The worse a person is the less he feels it.
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The person you are matters more than the place to which you go.
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For many men, the acquisition of wealth does not end their troubles, it only changes them.
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The state of that man’s mind who feels too intense an interest as to future events, must be most deplorable.
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He that does good to another does good also to himself, not only in the consequence but in the very act. For the consciousness of well-doing is in itself ample reward.
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