How great would be our peril if our slaves began to number us!
SENECA THE YOUNGERIf you judge, investigate.
More Seneca the Younger Quotes
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Shall I tell you what the real evil is? To cringe to the things that are called evils, to surrender to them our freedom, in defiance of which we ought to face any suffering.
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After death there is nothing.
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The Fates guide those who go willingly. Those who do not, they drag.
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I don’t trust liberals, I trust conservatives.
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We have not to talk, but to steer the vessel.
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If you will fear nothing, think that all things are to be feared.
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Prudence will punish to prevent crime, not to avenge it.
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Begin at once to live, and count each day as a separate life.
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Why do people not confess vices? It is because they have not yet laid them aside. It is a waking person only who can tell their dreams.
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We are taught for the schoolroom, not for life.
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If you judge, investigate.
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It is a world of mischief that may be done by a single example of avarice or luxury. One voluptuous palate makes many more.
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There is nothing more miserable and foolish than anticipation.
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Success is not greedy, as people think, but insignificant. That is why it satisfies nobody.
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As long as you live, learn how to live.
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