To forgive all is as inhuman as to forgive none
SENECA THE YOUNGERThe true felicity of life is to be free from anxieties and pertubations; to understand and do our duties to God and man, and to enjoy the present without any serious dependence on the future.
More Seneca the Younger Quotes
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One crime has to be concealed by another.
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Wisdom does not show itself so much in precept as in life – in firmness of mind and a mastery of appetite. It teaches us to do as well as to talk; and to make our words and actions all of a color.
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No man is more unhappy than he who never faces adversity. For he is not permitted to prove himself.
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You cannot escape necessities, but you can overcome them.
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Whatever begins, also ends.
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If we desire to judge justly, we must persuade ourselves that none of us is without sin.
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What progress have I made? I am beginning to be my own friend. That is progress indeed
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Life without literary studies is death.
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To be feared is to fear. No one has been able to strike terror into others and at the same time enjoy peace of mind.
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He who repents of having sinned is almost innocent.
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Bear in mind that you commit a crime by injuring even a wicked brother.
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Nothing is more hateful to wisdom than to much cunning.
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Desultory reading is delightful, but to be beneficial, our reading must be carefully directed.
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A large library is apt to distract rather than to instruct the learner; it is much better to be confined to a few authors than to wander at random over many.
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It is not poverty that we praise, it is the man whom poverty cannot humble or bend.
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