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.
SENECA THE YOUNGERThere is no greater punishment of wickedness that that it is dissatisfied with itself and its deeds.
More Seneca the Younger Quotes
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He that will do no good offices after a disappointment must stand still, and do just nothing at all. The plough goes on after a barren year; and while the ashes are yet warm, we raise a new house upon the ruins of a former.
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There is the need for someone against which our characters can measure themselves. Without a ruler, you won’t make the crooked straight.
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Nothing is as certain as that the vices of leisure are gotten rid of by being busy.
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Who timidly requests invites refusal.
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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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Our plans miscarry because they have no aim.
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He who dreads hostility too much is unfit to rule.
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Luck never made a man wise.
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The expression of truth is simplicity.
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There is nothing wrong with changing a plan when the situation has changed.
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I don’t trust liberals, I trust conservatives.
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There is no genius without a mixture of madness.
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Virtue with some is nothing but successful temerity.
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Whatever begins, also ends.
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Who-only let him be a man and intent upon honor-is not eager for the honorable ordeal and prompt to assume perilous duties? To what energetic man is not idleness a punishment?
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