It is only the surprise and newness of the thing which makes that misfortune terrible which by premeditation might be made easy to us. For that which some people make light by sufferance, others do by foresight.
SENECA THE YOUNGERIt’s a vice to trust all, and equally a vice to trust none.
More Seneca the Younger Quotes
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You learn to know a pilot in a storm.
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If we let things terrify us, life will not be worth living.
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There is nothing more miserable and foolish than anticipation.
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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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The intellect must not be kept at consistent tension, but diverted by pastimes…. The mind must have relaxation, and will rise stronger and keener after recreation.
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Nothing is more hateful to wisdom than to much cunning.
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The fearful face usually betrays great guilt.
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Dangerous is wrath concealed. Hatred proclaimed doth lose its chance of wreaking vengeance.
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The chief bond of the soldier is his oath of allegiance and love for the flag.
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Begin at once to live, and count each day as a separate life.
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While we are postponing, life speeds by.
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What progress have I made? I am beginning to be my own friend. That is progress indeed
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Go on and increase in valor, O boy! this is the path to immortality.
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Happy is the man who can endure the highest and lowest fortune. He who has endured such vicissitudes with equanimity has deprived misfortune of its power.
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What narrow innocence it is for one to be good only according to the law.
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