The kind of solace that arises from having company in misery is spiteful.
SENECA THE YOUNGERTo govern was to serve, not to rule.
More Seneca the Younger Quotes
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The greater part of progress is the desire to progress.
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I had rather never receive a kindness than never bestow one.
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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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When once ambition has passed its natural limits, its progress is boundless.
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Our plans miscarry because they have no aim.
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Slavery holds few men fast; the greater number hold fast their slavery.
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Nobody will keep the thing he hears to himself, and nobody will repeat just what he hears and no more.
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Who-only let him be a man and intent upon honor-is not eager for the honorable ordeal and prompt to assume perilous duties? To what energetic man is not idleness a punishment?
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How much does great prosperity overspread the mind with darkness.
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Human society is like an arch, kept from falling by the mutual pressure of its parts
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Associate with people who are likely to improve you.
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Luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity.
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Drunkenness does not create vice; it merely brings it into view.
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Successful crime is dignified with the name of virtue; the good become the slaves of the wicked; might makes right; fear silences the power of the law.
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It is proof of a bad cause when it is applauded by the mob.
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