How great would be our peril if our slaves began to number us!
SENECA THE YOUNGERFreedom can’t be kept for nothing. If you set a high value on liberty, you must set a low value on everything else.
More Seneca the Younger Quotes
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He who has great power should use it lightly.
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He that does good to another does good also to himself, not only in the consequence but in the very act. For the consciousness of well-doing is in itself ample reward.
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That day which you fear as being the end of all things is the birthday of your eternity.
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Unjust dominion cannot be eternal.
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The mind unlearns with difficulty what it has long learned.
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There is no greater punishment of wickedness that that it is dissatisfied with itself and its deeds.
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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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There is as much greatness of mind in acknowledging a good turn, as in doing it.
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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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Don’t stumble over something behind you.
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It is the fault of youth that it cannot restrain its own impetuosity.
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Vice may be learnt, even without a teacher
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If you wish to be loved, love.
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[During difficult times and after mistakes and failures it is helpful to remember …] Oftentimes calamity turns to our advantage and great ruins make way for greater glories.
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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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