The part of life which we really live is short.
SENECA THE YOUNGERSuccessful 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.
More Seneca the Younger Quotes
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To live is not a blessing, but to live well.
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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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The wise man lacked nothing but needed a great number of things, whereas the fool, on the other hand, needs nothing (for he does not know how to use anything) but lacks everything.
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He who comes to a conclusion when the other side is unheard, may have been just in his conclusion, but yet has not been just in his conduct.
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If we let things terrify us, life will not be worth living.
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The fearful face usually betrays great guilt.
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If a man knows not to which port he sails, no wind is favorable.
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The person you are matters more than the place to which you go.
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The shortest road to wealth lies in the contempt of wealth.
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Whenever you hold a fellow creature in distress, remember that he is a man.
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Be harsh with yourself at times.
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The worse a person is the less he feels it.
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No untroubled day has ever dawned for me.
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How much better to pursue a straight course and eventually reach that destination where the things that are pleasant are the things that are honorable finally become, for you, the same.
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