The chief bond of the soldier is his oath of allegiance and love for the flag.
SENECA THE YOUNGEREternal law has arranged nothing better than this, that it has given us one way in to life, but many ways out.
More Seneca the Younger Quotes
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It is expedient for the victor to wish for peace restored; for the vanquished it is necessary.
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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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Prudence will punish to prevent crime, not to avenge it.
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God is near you, is with you, is inside you.
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Disease is not of the body but of the place.
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The shortest road to wealth lies in the contempt of wealth.
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What was hard to suffer is sweet to remember.
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That poverty is no disaster is understood by everyone who has not yet succumbed to the madness of greed and luxury that turns everything topsy-turvy.
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Reasons for anxiety will never be lacking, whether born of prosperity or of wretchedness; life pushes on in a succession of engrossments. We shall always pray for leisure.
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Unjust dominion cannot be eternal.
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They lose the day in expectation of the night, and the night in fear of the dawn.
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We have lost morals, justice, honor, piety and faith, and that sense of shame which, once lost, can never be restored.
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When you see a man in distress, recognize him as a fellow man.
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It is medicine, not scenery, for which a sick man must go searching.
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He who comes to a conclusion when the other side is unheard, may have been just in his conclusion, but yet has not been just in his conduct.
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