It is expedient for the victor to wish for peace restored; for the vanquished it is necessary.
SENECA THE YOUNGERAuditur et altera pars. (The other side shall be heard as well.)
More Seneca the Younger Quotes
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There is nothing wrong with changing a plan when the situation has changed.
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The shortest road to wealth lies in the contempt of wealth.
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What narrow innocence it is for one to be good only according to the law.
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Watch over yourself. Be your own accuser, then your judge; ask yourself grace sometimes, and, if there is need, impose upon yourself some pain.
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Eternal law has arranged nothing better than this, that it has given us one way in to life, but many ways out.
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How much does great prosperity overspread the mind with darkness.
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How great would be our peril if our slaves began to number us!
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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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No crime has been without a precedent.
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Who timidly requests invites refusal.
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As the soil, however rich it may be, cannot be productive without cultivation, so the mind without culture can never produce good fruit
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The vices of idleness are only to be shaken off by active employment.
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He robs present ills of their power who has perceived their coming beforehand.
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His head was turned by too great success.
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Shall I tell you what philosophy holds out to humanity? Counsel…You are called in to help the unhappy.
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