No crime has been without a precedent.
SENECA THE YOUNGERAll my life I have been seeking to climb out of the pit of my besetting sins and I cannot do it and I never will unless a hand is let down to draw me up.
More Seneca the Younger Quotes
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Desultory reading is delightful, but to be beneficial, our reading must be carefully directed.
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Success is not greedy, as people think, but insignificant. That is why it satisfies nobody.
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How much does great prosperity overspread the mind with darkness.
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Luck is preparation multiplied by opportunity.
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That which has been endured with difficulty is remedied with delight.
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Men learn while they teach.
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No one can be despised by another until he has learned to despise himself.
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Be wary of the man who urges an action in which he himself incurs no risk.
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As long as we are among humans, let us be humane.
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Disease is not of the body but of the place.
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You cannot, I repeat, successfully acquire it and preserve your modesty at the same time.
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Enjoy present pleasures in such a way as not to injure future ones.
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Hardly a man will you find who could live with his door open.
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To be feared is to fear. No one has been able to strike terror into others and at the same time enjoy peace of mind.
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Consider, when you are enraged at any one, what you would probably think if he should die during the dispute.
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