The highest duty and the highest proof of wisdom – that deed and word should be in accord.
SENECA THE YOUNGERA great fortune is a great slavery.
More Seneca the Younger Quotes
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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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After death there is nothing.
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It is proof of a bad cause when it is applauded by the mob.
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If you are wise, You will mingle one thing with the other- Not hoping without doubt; Not doubting without hope.
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It is safer to offend certain men than it is to oblige them; for as proof that they owe nothing they seek recourse in hatred.
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Time hath often cured the wound which reason failed to heal.
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Our (the Stoic) motto, as you know, is live according to nature.
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In whatever direction you turn, you will see God coming to meet you; nothing is void of him, he himself fills all his work.
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One crime has to be concealed by another.
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I am ashamed of my master and not of my servitude.
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The expression of truth is simplicity.
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Who timidly requests invites refusal.
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It is safer to offend certain men than it is to oblige them; for as proof that they owe nothing they seek recourse in hatred.
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When once ambition has passed its natural limits, its progress is boundless.
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Men do not care how nobly they live, but only how long, although it is within the reach of every man to live nobly, but within no man’s power to live long.
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