Auditur et altera pars. (The other side shall be heard as well.)
SENECA THE YOUNGEROf war men ask the outcome, not the cause.
More Seneca the Younger Quotes
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Let no man give advice to others that he has not first given himself.
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Light is that grief which counsel can allay.
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Consider, when you are enraged at any one, what you would probably think if he should die during the dispute.
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A great step towards independence is a good-humored stomach, one that is willing to endure rough treatment.
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Genius has never been accepted without a measure of condonement.
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Leisure without literature is death and burial alive.
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The world itself is too small for the covetous.
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After death there is nothing.
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The intellect must not be kept at consistent tension, but diverted by pastimes…. The mind must have relaxation, and will rise stronger and keener after recreation.
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If we let things terrify us, life will not be worth living.
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I was not born for one corner. The whole world is my native land.
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Reason wishes that the judgement it gives be just; anger wishes that the judgement it has given seem to be just.
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You cannot escape necessities, but you can overcome them.
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The language of truth is unvarnished enough.
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Everything that exceeds the bounds of moderation has an unstable foundation.
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