No untroubled day has ever dawned for me.
SENECA THE YOUNGERA sword by itself does not slay; it is merely the weapon used by the slayer.
More Seneca the Younger Quotes
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That which has been endured with difficulty is remedied with delight.
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The chief bond of the soldier is his oath of allegiance and love for the flag.
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Hardly a man will you find who could live with his door open.
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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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The part of life which we really live is short.
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Nothing is more hateful to wisdom than to much cunning.
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Death is a release from and an end of all pains.
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He who repents of having sinned is almost innocent.
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It’s unknown the place and uncertain the time where death awaits you; thus you must expect death to find you, every time, at every place.
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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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Religion is regarded by the common people as true, by the wise as false, and by rulers as useful.
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To be enslaved to oneself is the heaviest of all servitudes.-
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A person’s fears are lighter when the danger is at hand.
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Genius always gives its best at first; prudence, at last.
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When one is friend on himself, also is friend of everybody.
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