No man finds it difficult to return to nature except the man who has deserted nature.
SENECA THE YOUNGERIt is expedient for the victor to wish for peace restored; for the vanquished it is necessary.
More Seneca the Younger Quotes
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Modesty once extinguished knows not how to return.
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Injustice never rules forever.
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There’s no delight in owning anything unshared.
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There is no genius without a mixture of madness.
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Freedom can’t be kept for nothing. If you set a high value on liberty, you must set a low value on everything else.
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If you are wise, You will mingle one thing with the other- Not hoping without doubt; Not doubting without hope.
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It’s a vice to trust all, and equally a vice to trust none.
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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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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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Drunkenness does not create vice; it merely brings it into view.
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To live is not a blessing, but to live well.
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Be silent as to services you have rendered, but speak of favours you have received.
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Watch over yourself. Be your own accuser, then your judge; ask yourself grace sometimes, and, if there is need, impose upon yourself some pain.
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The vices of idleness are only to be shaken off by active employment.
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