Although a man has so well purged his mind that nothing can trouble or deceive him any more, yet he reached his present innocence through sin.
SENECA THE YOUNGERTo be feared is to fear. No one has been able to strike terror into others and at the same time enjoy peace of mind.
More Seneca the Younger Quotes
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Those whom true love has held, it will go on holding.
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Diligence is a very great help even to a mediocre intelligence. -Diligentia maximum etiam mediocris ingeni subsidium
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I am like a book, with pages that have stuck together for want of use: my mind needs unpacking and the truths stored within must be turned over from time to time, to be ready when occasion demands.
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God is near you, is with you, is inside you.
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He robs present ills of their power who has perceived their coming beforehand.
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One crime has to be concealed by another.
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Misfortune is the test of a person’s merit.
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Luck never made a man wise.
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To the believers it is true. To the wise it is false. To the leaders it is useful.
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Injustice never rules forever.
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The highest duty and the highest proof of wisdom – that deed and word should be in accord.
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The greater part of progress is the desire to progress.
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There is no genius without a mixture of madness.
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In the meantime, cling tooth and nail to the following rule: not to give in to adversity, not to trust prosperity, and always take full note of fortune’s habit of behaving just as she pleases.
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Every journey has an end.
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