To the believers it is true. To the wise it is false. To the leaders it is useful.
SENECA THE YOUNGERDrunkenness doesn’t create vices, but it brings them to the fore.
More Seneca the Younger Quotes
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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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True joy is a serene and sober motion; and they are miserably out so that take laughing for rejoicing; the seat of it is within, and there is no cheerfulness like the resolutions of a brave mind.
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He who has great power should use it lightly.
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There’s no delight in owning anything unshared.
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Who timidly requests invites refusal.
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He robs present ills of their power who has perceived their coming beforehand.
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Bear in mind that you commit a crime by injuring even a wicked brother.
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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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He who receives a benefit with gratitude, repays the first installment of it.
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A sword by itself does not slay; it is merely the weapon used by the slayer.
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Diligence is a very great help even to a mediocre intelligence. -Diligentia maximum etiam mediocris ingeni subsidium
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A benefit consists not in what is done or given, but in the intention of the giver or doer.
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Why do I not seek some real good; one which I could feel, not one which I could display?
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The first proof of a well-ordered mind is to be able to pause and linger within itself.
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Go on and increase in valor, O boy! this is the path to immortality.
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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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The road by precepts is tedious, by example, short and efficacious.
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A person’s fears are lighter when the danger is at hand.
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Poverty needs much, avarice everything.
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I don’t trust liberals, I trust conservatives.
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He grieves more than is necessary who grieves before any cause for sorrow has arisen.
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We should live as if we were in public view, and think, too, as if someone could peer into the inmost recesses of our hearts-which someone can!
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Be harsh with yourself at times.
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The chief bond of the soldier is his oath of allegiance and love for the flag.
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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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Truth will never be tedious unto him that travelleth in the secrets of nature; there is nothing but falsehood that glutteth us.
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