It is proof of a bad cause when it is applauded by the mob.
SENECA THE YOUNGERIt’s unknown the place and uncertain the time where death awaits you; thus you must expect death to find you, every time, at every place.
More Seneca the Younger Quotes
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When one is friend on himself, also is friend of everybody.
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People do not die – they kill themselves.
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To the stars through difficulties.
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What you do for an ungrateful man is thrown away.
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Wisdom does not show itself so much in precept as in life – in firmness of mind and a mastery of appetite. It teaches us to do as well as to talk; and to make our words and actions all of a color.
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No crime has been without a precedent.
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There has not been any great talent without an element of madness. -Nullum magnum ingenium sine mixtura dementiae fuit
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A person’s fears are lighter when the danger is at hand.
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Even after a bad harvest there must be sowing.
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Who-only let him be a man and intent upon honor-is not eager for the honorable ordeal and prompt to assume perilous duties? To what energetic man is not idleness a punishment?
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A man can refrain from wanting what he has not and cheerfully make the best of a bird in the hand.
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No man finds it difficult to return to nature except the man who has deserted nature.
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I have withdrawn not only from men, but from affairs, especially my own affairs; I am working for later generations, writing down some ideas that may be of assistance to them.
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Human society is like an arch, kept from falling by the mutual pressure of its parts
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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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