What is more insane than to vent on senseless things the anger that is felt towards men?
SENECA THE YOUNGERThe person you are matters more than the place to which you go.
More Seneca the Younger Quotes
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I had rather never receive a kindness than never bestow one.
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Four things does a reckless man gain who covets his neighbor’s wife – demerit, an uncomfortable bed, thirdly, punishment, and lastly, hell.
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The swiftness of time is infinite, as is still more evident when we look back on the past.
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There has not been any great talent without an element of madness. -Nullum magnum ingenium sine mixtura dementiae fuit
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It is the fault of youth that it cannot restrain its own impetuosity.
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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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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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No crime has been without a precedent.
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It is safer to offend certain men than it is to oblige them; for as proof that they owe nothing they seek recourse in hatred.
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In every good man a God doth dwell.
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Difficulties strengthen the mind, as labor does the body.
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In whatever direction you turn, you will see God coming to meet you; nothing is void of him, he himself fills all his work.
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Wealth is the slave of a wise man. The master of a fool.
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One must take all one’s life to learn how to leave, and what will perhaps make you wonder more, one must take all one’s life to learn how to die.
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There is as much greatness of mind in acknowledging a good turn, as in doing it.
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