If you will fear nothing, think that all things are to be feared.
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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Successful crime is dignified with the name of virtue; the good become the slaves of the wicked; might makes right; fear silences the power of the law.
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Reason wishes that the judgement it gives be just; anger wishes that the judgement it has given seem to be just.
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Nothing is more hateful to wisdom than to much cunning.
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Let no man give advice to others that he has not first given himself.
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Tota vita nihil aliud quam ad mortem iter est. The whole of life is nothing but a journey to death.
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Luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity.
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That loss is most discreditable which is caused by negligence.
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After death there is nothing.
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There is none made so great, but he may both need the help and service, and stand in fear of the power and unkindness, even of the meanest of mortals.
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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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It is dishonorable to say one thing and think another; how much more dishonorable to write one thing and think another.
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As long as you live, learn how to live.
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A sword by itself does not slay; it is merely the weapon used by the slayer.
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If God adds another day to our life, let us receive it gladly.
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Time discovers truth.
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