The chief bond of the soldier is his oath of allegiance and love for the flag.
SENECA THE YOUNGERWe have lost morals, justice, honor, piety and faith, and that sense of shame which, once lost, can never be restored.
More Seneca the Younger Quotes
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There’s no delight in owning anything unshared.
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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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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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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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Those whom true love has held, it will go on holding.
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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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Demand not that I am the equal of the greatest, only that I am better than the wicked.
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What was hard to suffer is sweet to remember.
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He who has made a fair compact with poverty is rich.
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A benefit is estimated according to the mind of the giver.
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The mind is never right but when it is at peace within itself; the soul is in heaven even while it is in the flesh, if it be purged of its natural corruptions, and taken up with divine thoughts, and contemplations.
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Our words should aim not to please, but to help.
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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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It is expedient for the victor to wish for peace restored; for the vanquished it is necessary.
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