He who repents of having sinned is almost innocent.
SENECA THE YOUNGERThat day which you fear as being the end of all things is the birthday of your eternity.
More Seneca the Younger Quotes
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To live is not a blessing, but to live well.
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It is the mind that makes us rich and happy, in what condition soever we are, and money signifies no more to it than it does to the gods.
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A great step towards independence is a good-humored stomach, one that is willing to endure rough treatment.
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Let no man give advice to others that he has not first given himself.
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On him does death lie heavily, who, but too well known to all, dies to himself unknown.
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Greatness stands upon a precipice, and if prosperity carries a man never so little beyond his poise, it overbears and dashes him to pieces.
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Disease is not of the body but of the place.
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He who has great power should use it lightly.
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The young man must store up, the old man must use.
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Don’t stumble over something behind you.
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The customs of that most criminal nation (Israel) have gained such strength that they have now been received in all lands. The conquered have given laws to the conquerors.
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As long as we are among humans, let us be humane.
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There is no genius without a mixture of madness.
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The poor are not the people with less, which is less desirable
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Modesty once extinguished knows not how to return.
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