Shall I tell you what philosophy holds out to humanity? Counsel…You are called in to help the unhappy.
SENECA THE YOUNGERStudy rather to fill your mind than your coffers; knowing that gold and silver were originally mingled with dirt, until avarice or ambition parted them.
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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The state of that man’s mind who feels too intense an interest as to future events, must be most deplorable.
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Injustice never rules forever.
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The expression of truth is simplicity.
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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 willing, destiny guides them; the unwilling, destiny drags them.
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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.
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To be feared is to fear. No one has been able to strike terror into others and at the same time enjoy peace of mind.
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God is near you, is with you, is inside you.
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In every good man a God doth dwell.
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It is more fitting for a man to laugh at life than to lament over it.
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I don’t trust liberals, I trust conservatives.
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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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Luck never made a man wise.
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Be silent as to services you have rendered, but speak of favours you have received.
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