Such as the chain of causes we call Fate, such is the chain of wishes: one links on to another; the whole man is bound in the chain of wishing for ever.
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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The thing that matters is not what you bear, but how you bear it
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Successful villany is called virtue.
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I had rather never receive a kindness than never bestow one.
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The sun shines even on the wicked.
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We are born to lose and to perish, to hope and to fear, to vex ourselves and others; and there is no antidote against a common calamity but virtue; for the foundation of true joy is in the conscience.
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The chief bond of the soldier is his oath of allegiance and love for the flag.
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I am ashamed of my master and not of my servitude.
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One crime has to be concealed by another.
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He 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.
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As long as you live, learn how to live.
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On him does death lie heavily, who, but too well known to all, dies to himself unknown.
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No untroubled day has ever dawned for me.
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Our plans miscarry because they have no aim.
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He who is brave is free.
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The fearful face usually betrays great guilt.
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