They lose the day in expectation of the night, and the night in fear of the dawn.
SENECA THE YOUNGERThe customs of that most criminal nation (Israel) have gained such strength that they have now been received in all lands. The conquered have given laws to the conquerors.
More Seneca the Younger Quotes
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Every new beginning comes from some other beginning’s end.
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For many men, the acquisition of wealth does not end their troubles, it only changes them.
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The fearful face usually betrays great guilt.
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He that lays down precepts for the governing of our lives, and moderating our passions, obliges humanity not only in the present, but in all future generations.
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God is near you, is with you, is inside you.
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No choice maxims – we Stoics don’t practice that kind of window dressing.
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Where reason fails, time oft has worked a cure.
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Life is long if you know how to use it.
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The most imperious masters over their own servants are at the same time the most abject slaves to the servants of others.
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Drunkenness does not create vice; it merely brings it into view.
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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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It’s the admirer and the watcher who provoke us to all the inanities we commit.
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No crime has been without a precedent.
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The willing, destiny guides them; the unwilling, destiny drags them.
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Whatever begins, also ends.
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