The greater part of progress is the desire to progress.
SENECA THE YOUNGERRevenge is an inhuman word.
More Seneca the Younger Quotes
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You can only acquire it successfully if you cease to feel any sense of shame.
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Although a man has so well purged his mind that nothing can trouble or deceive him any more, yet he reached his present innocence through sin.
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The intellect must not be kept at consistent tension, but diverted by pastimes…. The mind must have relaxation, and will rise stronger and keener after recreation.
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To be feared is to fear. No one has been able to strike terror into others and at the same time enjoy peace of mind.
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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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The road by precepts is tedious, by example, short and efficacious.
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He who repents of having sinned is almost innocent.
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The mind is never right but when it is at peace within itself.
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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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I was not born for one corner. The whole world is my native land.
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Disease is not of the body but of the place.
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It’s not that we have a short time to live, but that we waste a lot of it.
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I persist on praising not the life I lead, but that which I ought to lead. I follow it at a mighty distance, crawling
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A sword by itself does not slay; it is merely the weapon used by the slayer.
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The poor are not the people with less, which is less desirable
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