He who repents of having sinned is almost innocent.
SENECA THE YOUNGERVirtue needs a director and guide. Vice can be learned even without a teacher.
More Seneca the Younger Quotes
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Dangerous is wrath concealed. Hatred proclaimed doth lose its chance of wreaking vengeance.
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The wise man will always reflect concerning the quality not the quantity of life.
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Reasons for anxiety will never be lacking, whether born of prosperity or of wretchedness; life pushes on in a succession of engrossments. We shall always pray for leisure.
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What others think of us would be of little moment did it not, when known, so deeply tinge what we think of ourselves.
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True happiness is…to enjoy the present, without anxious dependence upon the future.
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The expression of truth is simplicity.
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Disease is not of the body but of the place.
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To live is not a blessing, but to live well.
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The person you are matters more than the place to which you go.
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The fearful face usually betrays great guilt.
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As long as we are among humans, let us be humane.
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A benefit is estimated according to the mind of the giver.
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There is nothing wrong with changing a plan when the situation has changed.
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A sword by itself does not slay; it is merely the weapon used by the slayer.
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Diligence is a very great help even to a mediocre intelligence. -Diligentia maximum etiam mediocris ingeni subsidium
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