It’s a vice to trust all, and equally a vice to trust none.
SENECA THE YOUNGERTo the stars through difficulties.
More Seneca the Younger Quotes
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If you expect the wise man to be as angry as the baseness of crimes requires, then he must not only be angry but go insane.
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Philosophy does not regard pedigree, she received Plato not as a noble, but she made him one.
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What must be shall be; and that which is a necessity to him that struggles, is little more than choice to him that is willing.
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May be is very well, but Must is the master. It is my duty to show justice without recompense.
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Ignorant people see life as either existence or non-existence, but wise men see it beyond both existence and non-existence to something that transcends them both; this is an observation of the Middle Way.
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The mind is never right but when it is at peace within itself.
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Slavery holds few men fast; the greater number hold fast their slavery.
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There’s no delight in owning anything unshared.
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To govern was to serve, not to rule.
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Wisdom does not show itself so much in precept as in life – in firmness of mind and a mastery of appetite. It teaches us to do as well as to talk; and to make our words and actions all of a color.
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Prosperity asks for fidelity; adversity exacts it.
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You can only acquire it successfully if you cease to feel any sense of shame.
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He who receives a benefit with gratitude, repays the first installment of it.
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He who repents of having sinned is almost innocent.
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There is as much greatness of mind in acknowledging a good turn, as in doing it.
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