Genius has never been accepted without a measure of condonement.
SENECA THE YOUNGERIf a man knows not to which port he sails, no wind is favorable.
More Seneca the Younger Quotes
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You can only acquire it successfully if you cease to feel any sense of shame.
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It is the fault of youth that it cannot restrain its own impetuosity.
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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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There’s no delight in owning anything unshared.
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Misfortune is the test of a person’s merit.
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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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A sword by itself does not slay; it is merely the weapon used by the slayer.
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The shortest road to wealth lies in the contempt of wealth.
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Auditur et altera pars. (The other side shall be heard as well.)
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Human society is like an arch, kept from falling by the mutual pressure of its parts
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No man finds it difficult to return to nature except the man who has deserted nature.
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As long as we are among humans, let us be humane.
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The part of life which we really live is short.
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Every journey has an end.
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The mind unlearns with difficulty what it has long learned.
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