Bear in mind that you commit a crime by injuring even a wicked brother.
SENECA THE YOUNGEREpileptics know by signs when attacks are imminent and take precautions accordingly; we must do the same in regard to anger
More Seneca the Younger Quotes
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Death is a punishment to some, to others a gift and to many a favour.
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Success is not greedy, as people think, but insignificant. That is why it satisfies nobody.
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We should live as if we were in public view, and think, too, as if someone could peer into the inmost recesses of our hearts-which someone can!
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There is no greater punishment of wickedness that that it is dissatisfied with itself and its deeds.
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I am like a book, with pages that have stuck together for want of use: my mind needs unpacking and the truths stored within must be turned over from time to time, to be ready when occasion demands.
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For many men, the acquisition of wealth does not end their troubles, it only changes them.
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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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There is nothing wrong with changing a plan when the situation has changed.
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While we are postponing, life speeds by.
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Virtue needs a director and guide. Vice can be learned even without a teacher.
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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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Greatness stands upon a precipice, and if prosperity carries a man never so little beyond his poise, it overbears and dashes him to pieces.
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True happiness is…to enjoy the present, without anxious dependence upon the future.
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Successful crime is dignified with the name of virtue; the good become the slaves of the wicked; might makes right; fear silences the power of the law.
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It’s not that we have a short time to live, but that we waste a lot of it.
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