A person’s fears are lighter when the danger is at hand.
SENECA THE YOUNGERI persist on praising not the life I lead, but that which I ought to lead. I follow it at a mighty distance, crawling
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True happiness is…to enjoy the present, without anxious dependence upon the future.
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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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The foundation of the true joy is in the conscience.
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No crime has been without a precedent.
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One who’s our friend is fond of us; one who’s fond of us isn’t necessarily our friend.
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You can only acquire it successfully if you cease to feel any sense of shame.
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No man finds it difficult to return to nature except the man who has deserted nature.
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Light cares cry out; the great ones still are dumb.
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Nothing is more hateful to wisdom than to much cunning.
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Prosperity asks for fidelity; adversity exacts it.
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To be enslaved to oneself is the heaviest of all servitudes.-
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Modesty once extinguished knows not how to return.
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Bear in mind that you commit a crime by injuring even a wicked brother.
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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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One crime has to be concealed by another.
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