On him does death lie heavily, who, but too well known to all, dies to himself unknown.
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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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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Men learn while they teach.
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Where reason fails, time oft has worked a cure.
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Death either destroys or unhusks us. If it means liberation, better things await us when our burden s gone: if destruction, nothing at all awaits us; blessings and curses are abolished.
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Injustice never rules forever.
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Those who boast of their descent, brag on what they owe to others.
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What progress have I made? I am beginning to be my own friend. That is progress indeed
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The greatest man is he who chooses right with the most invincible resolution.
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Reason wishes that the judgement it gives be just; anger wishes that the judgement it has given seem to be just.
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Those whom true love has held, it will go on holding.
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As long as you live, learn how to live.
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What must be shall be; and that which is a necessity to him that struggles, is little more than choice to him that is willing.
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We should live as if we were in public view, and think, too, as if someone could peer into the inmost recesses of our hearts-which someone can!
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What is more insane than to vent on senseless things the anger that is felt towards men?
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The worse a person is the less he feels it.
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