It is safer to offend certain men than it is to oblige them; for as proof that they owe nothing they seek recourse in hatred.
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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Let him that hath done the good office conceal it; let him that received it disclose it.
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The part of life which we really live is short.
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When you see a man in distress, recognize him as a fellow man.
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You can only acquire it successfully if you cease to feel any sense of shame.
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Eternal law has arranged nothing better than this, that it has given us one way in to life, but many ways out.
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What you do for an ungrateful man is thrown away.
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I persist on praising not the life I lead, but that which I ought to lead. I follow it at a mighty distance, crawling
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The customs of that most criminal nation (Israel) have gained such strength that they have now been received in all lands. The conquered have given laws to the conquerors.
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It is dishonorable to say one thing and think another; how much more dishonorable to write one thing and think another.
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The first step towards amendment is the recognition of error.
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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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Study rather to fill your mind than your coffers; knowing that gold and silver were originally mingled with dirt, until avarice or ambition parted them.
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A sword by itself does not slay; it is merely the weapon used by the slayer.
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Just as I shall select my ship when I am about to go on a voyage, or my house when I propose to take a residence, so shall I choose my death when I am about to depart from life.
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He that lays down precepts for the governing of our lives, and moderating our passions, obliges humanity not only in the present, but in all future generations.
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