Philosophy does not regard pedigree, she received Plato not as a noble, but she made him one.
SENECA THE YOUNGERReligion is regarded by the common people as true, by the wise as false, and by rulers as useful.
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No untroubled day has ever dawned for me.
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How much does great prosperity overspread the mind with darkness.
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Let him that hath done the good office conceal it; let him that received it disclose it.
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People do not die – they kill themselves.
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All art is but imitation of nature.
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The worse a person is the less he feels it.
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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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If you expect the wise man to be as angry as the baseness of crimes requires, then he must not only be angry but go insane.
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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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Religion is regarded by the common people as true, by the wise as false, and by rulers as useful.
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Those whom true love has held, it will go on holding.
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Death either destroys or unhusks us. If it means liberation, better things await us when our burden s gone: if destruction, nothing at all awaits us; blessings and curses are abolished.
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Time discovers truth.
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If you judge, investigate.
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When one is friend on himself, also is friend of everybody.
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