Successful villany is called virtue.
SENECA THE YOUNGERIt is medicine, not scenery, for which a sick man must go searching.
More Seneca the Younger Quotes
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What view is one likely to take of the state of a person’s mind when his speech is wild and incoherent and knows no constraint?
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Prosperity asks for fidelity; adversity exacts it.
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Be not too hasty either with praise or blame; speak always as though you were giving evidence before the judgement-seat of the Gods.
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Unjust dominion cannot be eternal.
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Believe me, that was a happy age, before the days of architects, before the days of builders.
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Bear in mind that you commit a crime by injuring even a wicked brother.
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There is nothing in the world so much admired as a man who knows how to bear unhappiness with courage.
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If a man knows not to which port he sails, no wind is favorable.
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If you are wise, You will mingle one thing with the other- Not hoping without doubt; Not doubting without hope.
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One hand washes the other.
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The hour which gives us life begins to take it away.
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Slavery holds few men fast; the greater number hold fast their slavery.
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There is no satisfaction in any good without a companion.
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I am like a book, with pages that have stuck together for want of use: my mind needs unpacking and the truths stored within must be turned over from time to time, to be ready when occasion demands.
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Hardly a man will you find who could live with his door open.
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