He who repents of having sinned is almost innocent.
SENECA THE YOUNGERDrunkenness doesn’t create vices, but it brings them to the fore.
More Seneca the Younger Quotes
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The first step towards amendment is the recognition of error.
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We become wiser by adversity; prosperity destroys our appreciation of the right.” “True happiness is … to enjoy the present” “It is not because things are difficult that we do not dare; it is because we do not dare that they are difficult.
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So live with men as if God saw you and speak to God, as if men heard you.
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If you wish to be loved, love.
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One crime has to be concealed by another.
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Begin at once to live, and count each day as a separate life.
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In whatever direction you turn, you will see God coming to meet you; nothing is void of him, he himself fills all his work.
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He who is brave is free.
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Our plans miscarry because they have no aim.
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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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Who timidly requests invites refusal.
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Bear in mind that you commit a crime by injuring even a wicked brother.
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Misfortune is the test of a person’s merit.
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Set aside a certain number of days, during which you shall be content with the scantiest and cheapest fare, with course and rough dress, saying to yourself the while: ” Is this the condition that I feared?”
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The highest duty and the highest proof of wisdom – that deed and word should be in accord.
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