The fearful face usually betrays great guilt.
SENECA THE YOUNGERWhere fear is, happiness is not.
More Seneca the Younger Quotes
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Drunkenness is simply voluntary insanity.
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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.
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All my life I have been seeking to climb out of the pit of my besetting sins and I cannot do it and I never will unless a hand is let down to draw me up.
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To be feared is to fear. No one has been able to strike terror into others and at the same time enjoy peace of mind.
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The vices of idleness are only to be shaken off by active employment.
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Genius always gives its best at first; prudence, at last.
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Greatness stands upon a precipice, and if prosperity carries a man never so little beyond his poise, it overbears and dashes him to pieces.
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There’s no delight in owning anything unshared.
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Prudence will punish to prevent crime, not to avenge it.
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Those who boast of their descent, brag on what they owe to others.
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While we are postponing, life speeds by.
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The swiftness of time is infinite, as is still more evident when we look back on the past.
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Associate with people who are likely to improve you.
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What you do for an ungrateful man is thrown away.
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The world itself is too small for the covetous.
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