Four things does a reckless man gain who covets his neighbor’s wife – demerit, an uncomfortable bed, thirdly, punishment, and lastly, hell.
SENECA THE YOUNGERDon’t stumble over something behind you.
More Seneca the Younger Quotes
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Unjust dominion cannot be eternal.
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The expression of truth is simplicity.
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Let him that hath done the good office conceal it; let him that received it disclose it.
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People do not die – they kill themselves.
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Luck never made a man wise.
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God is near you, is with you, is inside you.
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To be feared is to fear. No one has been able to strike terror into others and at the same time enjoy peace of mind.
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All my life I have been seeking to climb out of the pit of my besetting sins and I cannot do it and I never will unless a hand is let down to draw me up.
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There is nothing in the world so much admired as a man who knows how to bear unhappiness with courage.
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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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Not how long, but how well you have lived is the main thing.
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Leisure without literature is death and burial alive.
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For men in a state of freedom had thatch for their shelter, while slavery dwells beneath marble and gold.
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It is dishonorable to say one thing and think another; how much more dishonorable to write one thing and think another.
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May be is very well, but Must is the master. It is my duty to show justice without recompense.
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