Genius has never been accepted without a measure of condonement.
SENECA THE YOUNGERBut 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.
More Seneca the Younger Quotes
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Let him that hath done the good office conceal it; let him that received it disclose it.
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It is by the benefit of letters that absent friends are in a manner brought together.
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How great would be our peril if our slaves began to number us!
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Human society is like an arch, kept from falling by the mutual pressure of its parts
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That which has been endured with difficulty is remedied with delight.
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Nothing is more hateful to wisdom than to much cunning.
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If we let things terrify us, life will not be worth living.
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Those whom true love has held, it will go on holding.
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One crime has to be concealed by another.
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In the meantime, cling tooth and nail to the following rule: not to give in to adversity, not to trust prosperity, and always take full note of fortune’s habit of behaving just as she pleases.
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The vices of idleness are only to be shaken off by active employment.
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The foundation of the true joy is in the conscience.
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Modesty once extinguished knows not how to return.
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People do not die – they kill themselves.
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In the meantime, cling tooth and nail to the following rule: not to give in to adversity, not to trust prosperity, and always take full note of fortune’s habit of behaving just as she pleases.
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