A sword by itself does not slay; it is merely the weapon used by the slayer.
SENECA THE YOUNGEREven after a bad harvest there must be sowing.
More Seneca the Younger Quotes
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Death is a release from and an end of all pains.
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Those who boast of their descent, brag on what they owe to others.
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There is no satisfaction in any good without a companion.
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He who would arrive at the appointed end must follow a single road and not wander through many ways.
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The mind unlearns with difficulty what it has long learned.
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The greatest man is he who chooses right with the most invincible resolution.
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There is no genius without a mixture of madness.
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We have not to talk, but to steer the vessel.
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Dangerous is wrath concealed. Hatred proclaimed doth lose its chance of wreaking vengeance.
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How great would be our peril if our slaves began to number us!
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Persistent kindness conquers the ill-disposed.
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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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The expression of truth is simplicity.
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Fate leads the willing, and drags along the reluctant.
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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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