Bear in mind that you commit a crime by injuring even a wicked brother.
SENECA THE YOUNGERIt is proof of a bad cause when it is applauded by the mob.
More Seneca the Younger Quotes
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Fate leads the willing, and drags along the reluctant.
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That day which you fear as being the end of all things is the birthday of your eternity.
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Those griefs burn most which gall in secret.
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One crime has to be concealed by another.
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Don’t stumble over something behind you.
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Let him that hath done the good office conceal it; let him that received it disclose it.
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For many men, the acquisition of wealth does not end their troubles, it only changes them.
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Whenever you hold a fellow creature in distress, remember that he is a man.
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We ought to take outdoor walks, to refresh and raise our spirits by deep breathing in the open air.
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Life without literary studies is death.
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When once ambition has passed its natural limits, its progress is boundless.
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Tranqility is a certain quality of mind, which no condition or fortune can either exalt or depress.
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You can only acquire it successfully if you cease to feel any sense of shame.
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There is about wisdom a nobility and magnificence in the fact that she doesn’t just fall to a person’s lot, that each man owes her to his own efforts, that one doesn’t go to anyone other than oneself to find her.
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Genius has never been accepted without a measure of condonement.
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