All my life I have been seeking to climb out of the pit of my besetting sins and I cannot do it and I never will unless a hand is let down to draw me up.
SENECA THE YOUNGERWhy do people not confess vices? It is because they have not yet laid them aside. It is a waking person only who can tell their dreams.
More Seneca the Younger Quotes
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It is expedient for the victor to wish for peace restored; for the vanquished it is necessary.
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Don’t stumble over something behind you.
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Auditur et altera pars. (The other side shall be heard as well.)
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He who dreads hostility too much is unfit to rule.
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After death there is nothing.
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The part of life which we really live is short.
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He robs present ills of their power who has perceived their coming beforehand.
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Nothing is more hateful to wisdom than to much cunning.
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The poor are not the people with less, which is less desirable
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Whenever you hold a fellow creature in distress, remember that he is a man.
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How great would be our peril if our slaves began to number us!
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That day which you fear as being the end of all things is the birthday of your eternity.
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Life is long if you know how to use it.
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Persistent kindness conquers the ill-disposed.
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The true felicity of life is to be free from anxieties and pertubations; to understand and do our duties to God and man, and to enjoy the present without any serious dependence on the future.
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