Although a man has so well purged his mind that nothing can trouble or deceive him any more, yet he reached his present innocence through sin.
SENECA THE YOUNGERHe who has fostered the sweet poison of love by fondling it, finds it too late to refuse the yoke which he has of his own accord assumed.
More Seneca the Younger Quotes
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I don’t trust liberals, I trust conservatives.
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There’s one blessing only, the source and cornerstone of beatitude: confidence in self.
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That poverty is no disaster is understood by everyone who has not yet succumbed to the madness of greed and luxury that turns everything topsy-turvy.
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There is as much greatness of mind in acknowledging a good turn, as in doing it.
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There is no easy way from the earth to the stars.
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Our words should aim not to please, but to help.
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The mind unlearns with difficulty what it has long learned.
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Enjoy present pleasures in such a way as not to injure future ones.
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Successful villany is called virtue.
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The thing that matters is not what you bear, but how you bear it
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If you are wise, You will mingle one thing with the other- Not hoping without doubt; Not doubting without hope.
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Time hath often cured the wound which reason failed to heal.
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The road by precepts is tedious, by example, short and efficacious.
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Nobody will keep the thing he hears to himself, and nobody will repeat just what he hears and no more.
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The first step towards amendment is the recognition of error.
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