Bear in mind that you commit a crime by injuring even a wicked brother.
SENECA THE YOUNGERHe grieves more than is necessary who grieves before any cause for sorrow has arisen.
More Seneca the Younger Quotes
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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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There is nothing more miserable and foolish than anticipation.
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Begin at once to live, and count each day as a separate life.
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What you do for an ungrateful man is thrown away.
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While we are postponing, life speeds by.
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It is by the benefit of letters that absent friends are in a manner brought together.
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No one can be despised by another until he has learned to despise himself.
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He who has great power should use it lightly.
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It is dishonorable to say one thing and think another; how much more dishonorable to write one thing and think another.
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It is easier to grow in dignity than to make a start.
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Why will no man confess his faults? Because he continues to indulge in them; a man cannot tell his dream till he wakes.
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After death there is nothing.
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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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Why do I not seek some real good; one which I could feel, not one which I could display?
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How much does great prosperity overspread the mind with darkness.
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