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.
SENECA THE YOUNGERTo forgive all is as inhuman as to forgive none
More Seneca the Younger Quotes
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Hesitation is the best cure for anger. The first blows of anger are heavy, but if it waits, it will think again.
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Virtue needs a director and guide. Vice can be learned even without a teacher.
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He grieves more than is necessary who grieves before any cause for sorrow has arisen.
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You cannot, I repeat, successfully acquire it and preserve your modesty at the same time.
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One crime has to be concealed by another.
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Difficulties strengthen the mind, as labor does the body.
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God is near you, is with you, is inside you.
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There is none made so great, but he may both need the help and service, and stand in fear of the power and unkindness, even of the meanest of mortals.
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Time discovers truth.
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Success is not greedy, as people think, but insignificant. That is why it satisfies nobody.
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It is the sign of a weak mind to be unable to bear wealth.
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The first proof of a well-ordered mind is to be able to pause and linger within itself.
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Demand not that I am the equal of the greatest, only that I am better than the wicked.
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It is not poverty that we praise, it is the man whom poverty cannot humble or bend.
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There’s no delight in owning anything unshared.
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