The customs of that most criminal nation (Israel) have gained such strength that they have now been received in all lands. The conquered have given laws to the conquerors.
SENECA THE YOUNGERNo one can be despised by another until he has learned to despise himself.
More Seneca the Younger Quotes
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The greatest man is he who chooses right with the most invincible resolution.
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What must be shall be; and that which is a necessity to him that struggles, is little more than choice to him that is willing.
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I have withdrawn not only from men, but from affairs, especially my own affairs; I am working for later generations, writing down some ideas that may be of assistance to them.
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It is quality rather than quantity that matters.
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It is to the interest of the commonwealth of mankind that there should be someone who is unconquered, someone against whom fortune has no power.
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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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The person you are matters more than the place to which you go.
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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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To forgive all is as inhuman as to forgive none
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Not how long, but how well you have lived is the main thing.
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Nothing is as certain as that the vices of leisure are gotten rid of by being busy.
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Luck is preparation multiplied by opportunity.
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He who has made a fair compact with poverty is rich.
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Drunkenness doesn’t create vices, but it brings them to the fore.
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It is proof of a bad cause when it is applauded by the mob.
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