Injustice never rules forever.
SENECA THE YOUNGERIt’s not that we have a short time to live, but that we waste a lot of it.
More Seneca the Younger Quotes
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There is as much greatness of mind in acknowledging a good turn, as in doing it.
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Shall I tell you what philosophy holds out to humanity? Counsel…You are called in to help the unhappy.
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To govern was to serve, not to rule.
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It is quality rather than quantity that matters.
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Virtue needs a director and guide. Vice can be learned even without a teacher.
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Religion is regarded by the common people as true, by the wise as false, and by rulers as useful.
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You want to live-but do you know how to live? You are scared of dying-and, tell me, is the kind of life you lead really any different from being dead?
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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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May be is very well, but Must is the master. It is my duty to show justice without recompense.
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He who repents of having sinned is almost innocent.
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We should live as if we were in public view, and think, too, as if someone could peer into the inmost recesses of our hearts-which someone can!
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Persistent kindness conquers the ill-disposed.
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Drunkenness does not create vice; it merely brings it into view.
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There is no genius without a mixture of madness.
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It is expedient for the victor to wish for peace restored; for the vanquished it is necessary.
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