The chief bond of the soldier is his oath of allegiance and love for the flag.
SENECA THE YOUNGERTo the believers it is true. To the wise it is false. To the leaders it is useful.
More Seneca the Younger Quotes
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He who repents of having sinned is almost innocent.
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To the stars through difficulties.
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There’s no delight in owning anything unshared.
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The greater part of progress is the desire to progress.
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But when you are looking on anyone as a friend when you do not trust him as you trust yourself, you are making a grave mistake, and have failed to grasp sufficiently the full force of true friendship.
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It is to the interest of the commonwealth of mankind that there should be someone who is unconquered, someone against whom fortune has no power.
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That loss is most discreditable which is caused by negligence.
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It is dishonorable to say one thing and think another; how much more dishonorable to write one thing and think another.
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There is more heroism in self-denial than in deeds of arms.
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The kind of solace that arises from having company in misery is spiteful.
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Poverty needs much, avarice everything.
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Those whom true love has held, it will go on holding.
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Who-only let him be a man and intent upon honor-is not eager for the honorable ordeal and prompt to assume perilous duties? To what energetic man is not idleness a punishment?
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Drunkenness does not create vice; it merely brings it into view.
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There is no easy way from the earth to the stars.
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