There’s no delight in owning anything unshared.
SENECA THE YOUNGERHe who comes to a conclusion when the other side is unheard, may have been just in his conclusion, but yet has not been just in his conduct.
More Seneca the Younger Quotes
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Light is that grief which counsel can allay.
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A sword by itself does not slay; it is merely the weapon used by the slayer.
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The language of truth is unvarnished enough.
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Its harder for people to seek retirement from themselves than from the law
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The Best sign of Wisdom is the consistency between the words and deeds.
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In the meantime, cling tooth and nail to the following rule: not to give in to adversity, not to trust prosperity, and always take full note of fortune’s habit of behaving just as she pleases.
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The highest duty and the highest proof of wisdom – that deed and word should be in accord.
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Even after a bad harvest there must be sowing.
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Freedom can’t be kept for nothing. If you set a high value on liberty, you must set a low value on everything else.
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Nobody will keep the thing he hears to himself, and nobody will repeat just what he hears and no more.
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Light is that grief which counsel can allay.
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One who’s our friend is fond of us; one who’s fond of us isn’t necessarily our friend.
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He who has fostered the sweet poison of love by fondling it, finds it too late to refuse the yoke which he has of his own accord assumed.
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It is a world of mischief that may be done by a single example of avarice or luxury. One voluptuous palate makes many more.
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Where fear is, happiness is not.
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