He who repents of having sinned is almost innocent.
SENECA THE YOUNGERIt 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.
More Seneca the Younger Quotes
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Drunkenness is simply voluntary insanity.
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He who is brave is free.
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The mind unlearns with difficulty what it has long learned.
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You learn to know a pilot in a storm.
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We ought to take outdoor walks, to refresh and raise our spirits by deep breathing in the open air.
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No crime has been without a precedent.
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May be is very well, but Must is the master. It is my duty to show justice without recompense.
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There is no easy way from the earth to the stars.
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Prosperity asks for fidelity; adversity exacts it.
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Go on and increase in valor, O boy! this is the path to immortality.
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Genius always gives its best at first; prudence, at last.
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If you judge, investigate.
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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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Of war men ask the outcome, not the cause.
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Hardly a man will you find who could live with his door open.
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