Seneca the Younger (Seneca) Quotes
The highest duty and the highest proof of wisdom - that deed and word should be in accord.
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One's past is what one is. It is the only way by which people should be judged.
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No presidential candidate should visit Las Vegas without condemning organized gambling.
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I'm extremely particular how my look should be in a film.
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Cooking is like love. It should be entered into with abandon or not at all.
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In most cases, the news is not really news. But in some cases, discoveries are made and should be listened to.
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If you are different, or you have minimum possibilities, you can still succeed. I am living proof of that.
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The liberties of our country, the freedom of our civil constitution, are worth defending against all hazards: And it is our duty to defend them against all attacks.
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We should have more invention.
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Our duty is to be patient.
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Our acts make or mar us, we are the children of our own deeds.
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I believe that we don't need to worry about what happens after this life, as long as we do our duty here-to love and to serve.
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The men who have furnished me with my greatest inspiration have not been men of wealth, but men of deeds.
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You should constantly write because your writing is always evolving and progressing. It's really important to start writing young.
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In Christian marriage, love is not an option. It is a duty.
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The newspaper is of necessity something of a monopoly, and its first duty is to shun the temptations of monopoly. Its primary office is the gathering of news. At the peril of its soul it must see that the supply is not tainted. Neither in what it gives, nor in what it does not give, nor in the mode of presentation, must the unclouded face of truth suffer wrong. Comment is free but facts are sacred.
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All economists should be locked up until they admit that they don't know what they're talking about.
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I think Dan [Rather] is transparently liberal. Now he may not like to hear me say that. I always agree with him, too. But I think he should be more careful.
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In the discharge of duties my guide will be the Constitution, which I this day swear to preserve, protect, and defend.
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It used to be believed that the parent had unlimited claims on the child and rights over him. In a truer view of the matter, we are coming to see that the rights are on the side of the child and the duties on the side of the parent.
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I've been running from, and toward, death all my life, more aware of it than a person should be.
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I understand why war is not popular, but I also know this: The belief that peace is desirable is rarely enough to achieve it. Peace requires responsibility. Peace entails sacrifice. That's why NATO continues to be indispensable. That's why we must strengthen U.N. and regional peacekeeping, and not leave the task to a few countries.
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I do have fun. Even when I'm fighting I'm enjoying it: I think there's nothing as exhilarating as protecting that which you find precious.
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The highest duty and the highest proof of wisdom - that deed and word should be in accord.
