Religion is regarded by the common people as true, by the wise as false, and by rulers as useful.
SENECA THE YOUNGEROne hand washes the other.
More Seneca the Younger Quotes
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One crime has to be concealed by another.
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We are wrong in looking forward to death: in great measure it’s past already.
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If you will fear nothing, think that all things are to be feared.
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He who receives a benefit with gratitude, repays the first installment of it.
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There is more heroism in self-denial than in deeds of arms.
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Every new beginning comes from some other beginning’s end.
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This body is not a home, but an inn; and that only for a short time.
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The wise man lacked nothing but needed a great number of things, whereas the fool, on the other hand, needs nothing (for he does not know how to use anything) but lacks everything.
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People do not die – they kill themselves.
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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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In whatever direction you turn, you will see God coming to meet you; nothing is void of him, he himself fills all his work.
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There has not been any great talent without an element of madness. -Nullum magnum ingenium sine mixtura dementiae fuit
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All art is but imitation of nature.
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The foundation of the true joy is in the conscience.
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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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