Conversation has a kind of charm about it, an insuating and insidious something that elicits secrets from us just like love or liquor.
SENECA THE YOUNGERWe should live as if we were in public view, and think, too, as if someone could peer into the inmost recesses of our hearts-which someone can!
More Seneca the Younger Quotes
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There is as much greatness of mind in acknowledging a good turn, as in doing it.
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Prosperity asks for fidelity; adversity exacts it.
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Vice may be learnt, even without a teacher
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No crime has been without a precedent.
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Human society is like an arch, kept from falling by the mutual pressure of its parts
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We have lost morals, justice, honor, piety and faith, and that sense of shame which, once lost, can never be restored.
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Our plans miscarry because they have no aim.
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It is proof of a bad cause when it is applauded by the mob.
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The mind is never right but when it is at peace within itself.
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Why do I not seek some real good; one which I could feel, not one which I could display?
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Happy is the man who can endure the highest and lowest fortune. He who has endured such vicissitudes with equanimity has deprived misfortune of its power.
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He that lays down precepts for the governing of our lives, and moderating our passions, obliges humanity not only in the present, but in all future generations.
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So live with men as if God saw you and speak to God, as if men heard you.
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Injustice never rules forever.
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To be always fortunate, and to pass through life with a soul that has never known sorrow, is to be ignorant of one half of nature.
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