Seneca the Younger (Seneca) Quotes
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I don't drink at lunchtime because I'm very weak at alcohol like most Asians.
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That's the era we grew up in. It's weak to go to a psychiatrist.
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For Man's grim Justice goes its way,And will not swerve aside:It slays the weak, it slays the strong,It has a deadly stride:With iron heel it slays the strong,The monstrous parricide!
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Iran humiliated the United States with the capture of our 10 sailors. Horrible pictures & images. We are weak. I will NOT forget!
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The characteristic of a disciple is not that he does good things, but that he is good in his motives, having been made good by the supernatural grace of God.
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What a sad thing men are. Can’t do nothing good without being so weak we have to mess it up. Can’t build something up without tearing it down.
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I am a weak and sinful man, but God put His hands on me, that is all.
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If there is any characteristic that is distinctly human, it is the capability for reflective self-consciousness.
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Men are weak and constantly need reassurance, so now that they fail to find adulation in the opposite sex, they're turning to each other. Less and less do men need women. More and more do gentlemen prefer gentlemen.
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Each culture has its own characteristic manner of locomotion, sitting, standing, reclining, and gesturing.
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I am afraid he has one of those terribly weak natures that are susceptible to influence.
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Now I know the full power of evil. It makes ugliness seem beautiful and goodness seem ugly and weak.
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There are no good saves, there are only weak shots.
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One is very weak when one is in love.
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Ordinary citizens are so accepting of what is going on, grumbling when their material interests were affected, but seemingly accepting the spiritual poverty so characteristic of today.
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Oh, Vanity of vanities! How wayward the decrees of Fate are; How very weak the very wise, How very small the very great are!
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Holding on to the weak is called strength.
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The rigid and big belong below. The soft and weak belong above.
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The great characteristic of men of active genius is a sublime self-confidence, springing not from self-conceit, but from an intense identification of the man with his object, which lifts him altogether above the fear of danger and death, which gives to his enterprise a character of insanity to the common eye, and which communicates an almost superhuman audacity to his will.
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Every time we push personal development aside, we invite personal struggle into our lives.
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If you don’t need my backsight,” she said to Kaleb, “then why am I here?” He rose to his feet and, placing his hands on the table, leaned toward her until she could’ve reached out and run her fingers along his freshly shaven jaw. “You are here,” he said in a tone that made her heart thump wildly against her ribs, “because you belong to me.
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We put authors on such a pedestal, and it's a moment that humanizes the whole thing, and lends an absurdity to what otherwise is a "please sit with your hands on your lap" kind of event.
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It is the characteristic of a weak and diseased mind to fear the unfamiliar.
