You can only acquire it successfully if you cease to feel any sense of shame.
SENECA THE YOUNGERIt is to the interest of the commonwealth of mankind that there should be someone who is unconquered, someone against whom fortune has no power.
More Seneca the Younger Quotes
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As long as we are among humans, let us be humane.
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Bear in mind that you commit a crime by injuring even a wicked brother.
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All art is but imitation of nature.
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He robs present ills of their power who has perceived their coming beforehand.
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If we desire to judge justly, we must persuade ourselves that none of us is without sin.
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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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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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Believe me, that was a happy age, before the days of architects, before the days of builders.
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We have not to talk, but to steer the vessel.
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Light is that grief which counsel can allay.
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People do not die – they kill themselves.
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Nothing is more hateful to wisdom than to much cunning.
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Fate leads the willing, and drags along the reluctant.
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No crime has been without a precedent.
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Virtue needs a director and guide. Vice can be learned even without a teacher.
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