Unjust dominion cannot be eternal.
SENECA THE YOUNGERIt is the mind that makes us rich and happy, in what condition soever we are, and money signifies no more to it than it does to the gods.
More Seneca the Younger Quotes
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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.
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The mind unlearns with difficulty what it has long learned.
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Whenever you hold a fellow creature in distress, remember that he is a man.
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It is easier to grow in dignity than to make a start.
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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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Vice may be learnt, even without a teacher
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He robs present ills of their power who has perceived their coming beforehand.
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Every journey has an end.
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How much better to pursue a straight course and eventually reach that destination where the things that are pleasant are the things that are honorable finally become, for you, the same.
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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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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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Happy is the man who can endure the highest and lowest fortune. He who has endured such vicissitudes with equanimity has deprived misfortune of its power.
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Slavery holds few men fast; the greater number hold fast their slavery.
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The worse a person is the less he feels it.
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