Those whom true love has held, it will go on holding.
SENECA THE YOUNGERFate leads the willing, and drags along the reluctant.
More Seneca the Younger Quotes
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He who repents of having sinned is almost innocent.
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The wise man lacked nothing but needed a great number of things, whereas the fool, on the other hand, needs nothing (for he does not know how to use anything) but lacks everything.
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Light is that grief which counsel can allay.
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Genius has never been accepted without a measure of condonement.
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In the meantime, cling tooth and nail to the following rule: not to give in to adversity, not to trust prosperity, and always take full note of fortune’s habit of behaving just as she pleases.
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Our plans miscarry because they have no aim.
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He who has fostered the sweet poison of love by fondling it, finds it too late to refuse the yoke which he has of his own accord assumed.
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Freedom can’t be kept for nothing. If you set a high value on liberty, you must set a low value on everything else.
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So live with men as if God saw you and speak to God, as if men heard you.
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The Best sign of Wisdom is the consistency between the words and deeds.
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A benefit is estimated according to the mind of the giver.
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The comfort of having a friend may be taken away, but not that of having had one.
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Revenge is an inhuman word.
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Unjust dominion cannot be eternal.
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It is the sign of a weak mind to be unable to bear wealth.
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