To govern was to serve, not to rule.
SENECA THE YOUNGERIf you will fear nothing, think that all things are to be feared.
More Seneca the Younger Quotes
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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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There is nothing wrong with changing a plan when the situation has changed.
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It is another’s fault if he be ungrateful, but it is mine if I do not give. To find one thankful man, I will oblige a great many that are not so.
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Wealth is the slave of a wise man. The master of a fool.
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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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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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A great step towards independence is a good-humored stomach, one that is willing to endure rough treatment.
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It is easier to grow in dignity than to make a start.
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What was hard to suffer is sweet to remember.
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A sword by itself does not slay; it is merely the weapon used by the slayer.
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It’s the admirer and the watcher who provoke us to all the inanities we commit.
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What narrow innocence it is for one to be good only according to the law.
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Hardly a man will you find who could live with his door open.
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That day which you fear as being the end of all things is the birthday of your eternity.
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The first step towards amendment is the recognition of error.
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