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.
SENECA THE YOUNGERWe ought to take outdoor walks, to refresh and raise our spirits by deep breathing in the open air.
More Seneca the Younger Quotes
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Those who boast of their descent, brag on what they owe to others.
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Modesty once extinguished knows not how to return.
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One crime has to be concealed by another.
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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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Dangerous is wrath concealed. Hatred proclaimed doth lose its chance of wreaking vengeance.
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We are born to lose and to perish, to hope and to fear, to vex ourselves and others; and there is no antidote against a common calamity but virtue; for the foundation of true joy is in the conscience.
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Death is a punishment to some, to others a gift and to many a favour.
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No untroubled day has ever dawned for me.
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Such as the chain of causes we call Fate, such is the chain of wishes: one links on to another; the whole man is bound in the chain of wishing for ever.
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In every good man a God doth dwell.
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What must be shall be; and that which is a necessity to him that struggles, is little more than choice to him that is willing.
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Just as I shall select my ship when I am about to go on a voyage, or my house when I propose to take a residence, so shall I choose my death when I am about to depart from life.
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To the believers it is true. To the wise it is false. To the leaders it is useful.
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Luck never made a man wise.
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Successful crime is dignified with the name of virtue; the good become the slaves of the wicked; might makes right; fear silences the power of the law.
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