If you are wise, You will mingle one thing with the other- Not hoping without doubt; Not doubting without hope.
SENECA THE YOUNGERThe 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.
More Seneca the Younger Quotes
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Those who boast of their descent, brag on what they owe to others.
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He who dreads hostility too much is unfit to rule.
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The mind is never right but when it is at peace within itself; the soul is in heaven even while it is in the flesh, if it be purged of its natural corruptions, and taken up with divine thoughts, and contemplations.
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Dangerous is wrath concealed. Hatred proclaimed doth lose its chance of wreaking vengeance.
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If you judge, investigate.
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As the soil, however rich it may be, cannot be productive without cultivation, so the mind without culture can never produce good fruit
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Nobody will keep the thing he hears to himself, and nobody will repeat just what he hears and no more.
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Virtue with some is nothing but successful temerity.
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The mind unlearns with difficulty what it has long learned.
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It’s a vice to trust all, and equally a vice to trust none.
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When once ambition has passed its natural limits, its progress is boundless.
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You can only acquire it successfully if you cease to feel any sense of shame.
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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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When you see a man in distress, recognize him as a fellow man.
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No untroubled day has ever dawned for me.
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