You can only acquire it successfully if you cease to feel any sense of shame.
SENECA THE YOUNGERNobody becomes guilty by fate.
More Seneca the Younger Quotes
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The first step towards amendment is the recognition of error.
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In whatever direction you turn, you will see God coming to meet you; nothing is void of him, he himself fills all his work.
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It is safer to offend certain men than it is to oblige them; for as proof that they owe nothing they seek recourse in hatred.
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Light is that grief which counsel can allay.
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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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To govern was to serve, not to rule.
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Be harsh with yourself at times.
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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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No crime has been without a precedent.
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While crime is punished it yet increases.
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Ignorant people see life as either existence or non-existence, but wise men see it beyond both existence and non-existence to something that transcends them both; this is an observation of the Middle Way.
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Let the weary at length possess quiet rest.
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The Fates guide those who go willingly. Those who do not, they drag.
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Begin at once to live, and count each day as a separate life.
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Misfortune is the test of a person’s merit.
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