Successful villany is called virtue.
SENECA THE YOUNGERThere is no greater punishment of wickedness that that it is dissatisfied with itself and its deeds.
More Seneca the Younger Quotes
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Of war men ask the outcome, not the cause.
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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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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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So live with men as if God saw you and speak to God, as if men heard you.
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To the believers it is true. To the wise it is false. To the leaders it is useful.
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While we are postponing, life speeds by.
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No untroubled day has ever dawned for me.
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After death there is nothing.
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If God adds another day to our life, let us receive it gladly.
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Truth will never be tedious unto him that travelleth in the secrets of nature; there is nothing but falsehood that glutteth us.
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Death is a punishment to some, to others a gift and to many a favour.
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A person’s fears are lighter when the danger is at hand.
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He grieves more than is necessary who grieves before any cause for sorrow has arisen.
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Drunkenness does not create vice; it merely brings it into view.
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Set aside a certain number of days, during which you shall be content with the scantiest and cheapest fare, with course and rough dress, saying to yourself the while: ” Is this the condition that I feared?”
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