I had rather never receive a kindness than never bestow one.
SENECA THE YOUNGERIf you expect the wise man to be as angry as the baseness of crimes requires, then he must not only be angry but go insane.
More Seneca the Younger Quotes
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The foundation of the true joy is in the conscience.
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Let the weary at length possess quiet rest.
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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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No crime has been without a precedent.
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He grieves more than is necessary who grieves before any cause for sorrow has arisen.
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You cannot, I repeat, successfully acquire it and preserve your modesty at the same time.
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The sun shines even on the wicked.
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The fearful face usually betrays great guilt.
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Time discovers truth.
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Religion worships God, while superstition profanes that worship.
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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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Bear in mind that you commit a crime by injuring even a wicked brother.
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Such as the chain of causes we call Fate, such is the chain of wishes: one links on to another; the whole man is bound in the chain of wishing for ever.
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Life without literary studies is death.
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He who has fostered the sweet poison of love by fondling it, finds it too late to refuse the yoke which he has of his own accord assumed.
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