Behold a contest worthy of a god, a brave man matched in conflict with adversity.
SENECA THE YOUNGEROne hand washes the other.
More Seneca the Younger Quotes
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All art is but imitation of nature.
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The sun shines even on the wicked.
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We are wrong in looking forward to death: in great measure it’s past already.
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To the believers it is true. To the wise it is false. To the leaders it is useful.
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You cannot, I repeat, successfully acquire it and preserve your modesty at the same time.
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Hesitation is the best cure for anger. The first blows of anger are heavy, but if it waits, it will think again.
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Those who boast of their descent, brag on what they owe to others.
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It is the sign of a weak mind to be unable to bear wealth.
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Success is not greedy, as people think, but insignificant. That is why it satisfies nobody.
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But when you are looking on anyone as a friend when you do not trust him as you trust yourself, you are making a grave mistake, and have failed to grasp sufficiently the full force of true friendship.
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Philosophy does not regard pedigree, she received Plato not as a noble, but she made him one.
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The poor are not the people with less, which is less desirable
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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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One crime has to be concealed by another.
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To forgive all is as inhuman as to forgive none
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