It is proof of a bad cause when it is applauded by the mob.
SENECA THE YOUNGERHe that will do no good offices after a disappointment must stand still, and do just nothing at all. The plough goes on after a barren year; and while the ashes are yet warm, we raise a new house upon the ruins of a former.
More Seneca the Younger Quotes
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There’s no delight in owning anything unshared.
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There is the need for someone against which our characters can measure themselves. Without a ruler, you won’t make the crooked straight.
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The sun shines even on the wicked.
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What view is one likely to take of the state of a person’s mind when his speech is wild and incoherent and knows no constraint?
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There is as much greatness of mind in acknowledging a good turn, as in doing it.
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Success is not greedy, as people think, but insignificant. That is why it satisfies nobody.
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What should a wise person do when given a blow? Same as Cato when he was attacked; not fire up or revenge the insult., or even return the blow, but simply ignore it.
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The willing, destiny guides them; the unwilling, destiny drags them.
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Nothing is as certain as that the vices of leisure are gotten rid of by being busy.
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The mind is never right but when it is at peace within itself.
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Difficulties strengthen the mind, as labor does the body.
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He who receives a benefit with gratitude, repays the first installment of it.
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In whatever direction you turn, you will see God coming to meet you; nothing is void of him, he himself fills all his work.
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A great fortune is a great slavery.
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After death there is nothing.
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