If you expect the wise man to be as angry as the baseness of crimes requires, then he must not only be angry but go insane.
SENECA THE YOUNGERThere’s no delight in owning anything unshared.
More Seneca the Younger Quotes
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Nothing is more hateful to wisdom than to much cunning.
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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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God is near you, is with you, is inside you.
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I have withdrawn not only from men, but from affairs, especially my own affairs; I am working for later generations, writing down some ideas that may be of assistance to them.
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Slavery holds few men fast; the greater number hold fast their slavery.
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There is none made so great, but he may both need the help and service, and stand in fear of the power and unkindness, even of the meanest of mortals.
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While we are postponing, life speeds by.
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There is no greater punishment of wickedness that that it is dissatisfied with itself and its deeds.
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Dangerous is wrath concealed. Hatred proclaimed doth lose its chance of wreaking vengeance.
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A sword by itself does not slay; it is merely the weapon used by the slayer.
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That which has been endured with difficulty is remedied with delight.
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You cannot escape necessities, but you can overcome them.
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Religion worships God, while superstition profanes that worship.
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Misfortune is the test of a person’s merit.
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A thousand approaches lie open to death.
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