The mind is never right but when it is at peace within itself.
SENECA THE YOUNGERWe have not to talk, but to steer the vessel.
More Seneca the Younger Quotes
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To live is not a blessing, but to live well.
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For men in a state of freedom had thatch for their shelter, while slavery dwells beneath marble and gold.
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Study rather to fill your mind than your coffers; knowing that gold and silver were originally mingled with dirt, until avarice or ambition parted them.
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The point is, not how long you live, but how nobly you live.
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The man who while he gives thinks of what he will get in return, deserves to be deceived.
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Our plans miscarry because they have no aim.
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He who has great power should use it lightly.
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He who would arrive at the appointed end must follow a single road and not wander through many ways.
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Those whom true love has held, it will go on holding.
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No crime has been without a precedent.
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There is none made so great, but he may both need the help and service, and stand in fear of the power and unkindness, even of the meanest of mortals.
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Misfortune is the test of a person’s merit.
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It is proof of a bad cause when it is applauded by the mob.
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Religion worships God, while superstition profanes that worship.
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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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