The language of truth is unvarnished enough.
SENECA THE YOUNGERPhilosophy does not regard pedigree, she received Plato not as a noble, but she made him one.
More Seneca the Younger Quotes
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Fate leads the willing, and drags along the reluctant.
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I am ashamed of my master and not of my servitude.
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Death either destroys or unhusks us. If it means liberation, better things await us when our burden s gone: if destruction, nothing at all awaits us; blessings and curses are abolished.
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It is by the benefit of letters that absent friends are in a manner brought together.
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Luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity.
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The mind unlearns with difficulty what it has long learned.
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If God adds another day to our life, let us receive it gladly.
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Virtue needs a director and guide. Vice can be learned even without a teacher.
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For many men, the acquisition of wealth does not end their troubles, it only changes them.
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Even after a bad harvest there must be sowing.
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Whatever we owe, it is our part to find where to pay it, and to do it without asking, too; for whether the creditor be good or bad, the debt is still the same.
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Nothing is more hateful to wisdom than to much cunning.
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He who repents of having sinned is almost innocent.
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The mind is never right but when it is at peace within itself; the soul is in heaven even while it is in the flesh, if it be purged of its natural corruptions, and taken up with divine thoughts, and contemplations.
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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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