No crime has been without a precedent.
SENECA THE YOUNGERDemand not that I am the equal of the greatest, only that I am better than the wicked.
More Seneca the Younger Quotes
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There is no greater punishment of wickedness that that it is dissatisfied with itself and its deeds.
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Who timidly requests invites refusal.
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Let not the enjoyment of pleasures now within your grasp, be carried to such excess as to incapacitate you from future repetition.
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The first proof of a well-ordered mind is to be able to pause and linger within itself.
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It is safer to offend certain men than it is to oblige them; for as proof that they owe nothing they seek recourse in hatred.
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A sword by itself does not slay; it is merely the weapon used by the slayer.
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Those who boast of their descent, brag on what they owe to others.
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True joy is a serene and sober motion; and they are miserably out so that take laughing for rejoicing; the seat of it is within, and there is no cheerfulness like the resolutions of a brave mind.
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In every good man a God doth dwell.
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The chief bond of the soldier is his oath of allegiance and love for the flag.
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It’s the admirer and the watcher who provoke us to all the inanities we commit.
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Whatever we owe, it is our part to find where to pay it, and to do it without asking, too; for whether the creditor be good or bad, the debt is still the same.
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There is nothing in the world so much admired as a man who knows how to bear unhappiness with courage.
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Wealth is the slave of a wise man. The master of a fool.
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You can only acquire it successfully if you cease to feel any sense of shame.
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