Whatever we owe, it is our part to find where to pay it, and to do it without asking, too; for whether the creditor be good or bad, the debt is still the same.
SENECA THE YOUNGERThey lose the day in expectation of the night, and the night in fear of the dawn.
More Seneca the Younger Quotes
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It is proof of a bad cause when it is applauded by the mob.
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It is the sign of a weak mind to be unable to bear wealth.
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To forgive all is as inhuman as to forgive none
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There has not been any great talent without an element of madness. -Nullum magnum ingenium sine mixtura dementiae fuit
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Drunkenness is simply voluntary insanity.
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There is nothing wrong with changing a plan when the situation has changed.
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The chief bond of the soldier is his oath of allegiance and love for the flag.
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Those who boast of their descent, brag on what they owe to others.
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The mind is never right but when it is at peace within itself.
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That day which you fear as being the end of all things is the birthday of your eternity.
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That poverty is no disaster is understood by everyone who has not yet succumbed to the madness of greed and luxury that turns everything topsy-turvy.
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There is about wisdom a nobility and magnificence in the fact that she doesn’t just fall to a person’s lot, that each man owes her to his own efforts, that one doesn’t go to anyone other than oneself to find her.
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That loss is most discreditable which is caused by negligence.
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To live is not a blessing, but to live well.
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Behold a contest worthy of a god, a brave man matched in conflict with adversity.
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