If we desire to judge justly, we must persuade ourselves that none of us is without sin.
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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There is no greater punishment of wickedness that that it is dissatisfied with itself and its deeds.
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Leisure without literature is death and burial alive.
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A person’s fears are lighter when the danger is at hand.
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Death is a punishment to some, to others a gift and to many a favour.
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The thing that matters is not what you bear, but how you bear it
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Enjoy present pleasures in such a way as not to injure future ones.
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Even after a bad harvest there must be sowing.
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He who repents of having sinned is almost innocent.
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Poverty needs much, avarice everything.
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What others think of us would be of little moment did it not, when known, so deeply tinge what we think of ourselves.
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The customs of that most criminal nation (Israel) have gained such strength that they have now been received in all lands. The conquered have given laws to the conquerors.
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Be harsh with yourself at times.
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The greatest man is he who chooses right with the most invincible resolution.
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The state of that man’s mind who feels too intense an interest as to future events, must be most deplorable.
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