To forgive all is as inhuman as to forgive none
SENECA THE YOUNGERThe comfort of having a friend may be taken away, but not that of having had one.
More Seneca the Younger Quotes
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Successful villany is called virtue.
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Why do people not confess vices? It is because they have not yet laid them aside. It is a waking person only who can tell their dreams.
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The swiftness of time is infinite, as is still more evident when we look back on the past.
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Four things does a reckless man gain who covets his neighbor’s wife – demerit, an uncomfortable bed, thirdly, punishment, and lastly, hell.
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Nothing is more hateful to wisdom than to much cunning.
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There is nothing in the world so much admired as a man who knows how to bear unhappiness with courage.
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The mind is never right but when it is at peace within itself.
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The point is, not how long you live, but how nobly you live.
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All my life I have been seeking to climb out of the pit of my besetting sins and I cannot do it and I never will unless a hand is let down to draw me up.
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There is no greater punishment of wickedness that that it is dissatisfied with itself and its deeds.
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Drunkenness does not create vice; it merely brings it into view.
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Men learn while they teach.
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Who-only let him be a man and intent upon honor-is not eager for the honorable ordeal and prompt to assume perilous duties? To what energetic man is not idleness a punishment?
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In every good man a God doth dwell.
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Bear in mind that you commit a crime by injuring even a wicked brother.
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