No crime has been without a precedent.
SENECA THE YOUNGEREpicurus says, “gratitude is a virtue that has commonly profit annexed to it.” And where is the virtue that has not? But still the virtue is to be valued for itself, and not for the profit that attends it.
More Seneca the Younger Quotes
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The language of truth is unvarnished enough.
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The poor are not the people with less, which is less desirable
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Where reason fails, time oft has worked a cure.
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Let the weary at length possess quiet rest.
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The man who while he gives thinks of what he will get in return, deserves to be deceived.
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Unjust dominion cannot be eternal.
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If you are wise, You will mingle one thing with the other- Not hoping without doubt; Not doubting without hope.
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A great fortune is a great slavery.
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It is easier to grow in dignity than to make a start.
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They lose the day in expectation of the night, and the night in fear of the dawn.
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It is not poverty that we praise, it is the man whom poverty cannot humble or bend.
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On him does death lie heavily, who, but too well known to all, dies to himself unknown.
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You learn to know a pilot in a storm.
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The greatest man is he who chooses right with the most invincible resolution.
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There is as much greatness of mind in acknowledging a good turn, as in doing it.
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