Human society is like an arch, kept from falling by the mutual pressure of its parts
SENECA THE YOUNGERWhat progress have I made? I am beginning to be my own friend. That is progress indeed
More Seneca the Younger Quotes
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What must be shall be; and that which is a necessity to him that struggles, is little more than choice to him that is willing.
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Why do people not confess vices? It is because they have not yet laid them aside. It is a waking person only who can tell their dreams.
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I don’t trust liberals, I trust conservatives.
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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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Associate with people who are likely to improve you.
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The point is, not how long you live, but how nobly you live.
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If a man knows not to which port he sails, no wind is favorable.
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The state of that man’s mind who feels too intense an interest as to future events, must be most deplorable.
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No one can be despised by another until he has learned to despise himself.
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Time hath often cured the wound which reason failed to heal.
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What progress have I made? I am beginning to be my own friend. That is progress indeed
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How much does great prosperity overspread the mind with darkness.
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Revenge is an inhuman word.
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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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Time discovers truth.
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