Seneca the Younger (Seneca) Quotes
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The race of mankind would perish did they cease to aid each other. We cannot exist without mutual help. All therefore that need aid have a right to ask it from their fellow-men; and no one who has the power of granting can refuse it without guilt.
Walter Scott
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Debauchery is perhaps an act of despair in the face of infinity.
Edmond de Goncourt
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And I guess I have a face and a look that sort of lends itself to period costume!
Ioan Gruffudd
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Every book I write, the media just keeps punching me in the face.
Tama Janowitz
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Self-respect, the value of 'face,' is universal but is most pronounced in China, then in Japan where the Confucian ethic is most influential.
F. Sionil Jose
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My father always said I have a face for radio, and 'Cloverfield' was one of my finest pieces of work.
T. J. Miller
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My daily beauty regimen consists of washing my face before bed and putting on moisturizer.
Rachel Bilson
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L.A. is a very strange place. On the surface, it has an innocent appearance, like the stranger with the pleasant face that smiles and shakes your hand. But then you learn it is actually a lot less nice than you think, and there's a whole deeper, darker level.
Zach Galligan
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There is no mistaking the dismay on the face of a writer who has just heard that his brain child is a deformed idiot.
L. Sprague de Camp
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The idea of the European community is never face a war again.
Nana Mouskouri
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They call me corrupt, frivolous. I am not at all privileged. Maybe the only privileged thing is my face. And corrupt? God! I would not look like this if I am corrupt. Some ugliness would settle down on my system.
Imelda Marcos
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It's actually very important to put a little foundation up into your hairline, or else it looks like your face is not yours - like someone just Photoshopped it on!
Barbara Palvin
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Everybody in my band is a lion, and everyone's mastered their own domain... And we have a platform, and we have built it painstakingly and punched ourselves in the face every way we could to get where we are.
Zac Brown Band
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Legitimate institutions historically have been defenseless in the face of outright fraud.
Gary Weiss
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Alas! how difficult it is not to betray one's guilt by one's looks.
Ovid
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You have to accept the storms and the rainy days and the things in life that you sometimes don't want to face.
Bai Ling
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I had a lump on my face and had a big cancer thing removed.
Patrick Duffy
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Most of modern rock and roll is a product of guilt.
Captain Beefheart
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Silence is the bluntest of blunt instruments. It seems to hammer you into the ground. It drives you deeper and deeper into your own guilt. It makes the voices inside your head accuse you more viciously than any outside voices ever could.
Erica Jong
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I am called to live in such a perfect relationship with God that my life produces a yearning for God in the lives of others, not admiration for myself. Thoughts about myself hinder my usefulness to God. God’s purpose is not to perfect me to make me a trophy in His showcase; He is getting me to the place where He can use me. Let Him do what He wants.
Oswald Chambers
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My parents never put a lot of pressure on us to be any kind of way.... I have my funny moments where I look at myself and think, Oh, this is a disaster. But you have to give yourself a reality check and go, All right, if I feel this way, I'm going to do something about it that's healthy. I can't look at somebody who is 6 feet tall and 120 pounds and say, I'm going to get that body. That's just never going to happen. You have to work with what you've got.
Scarlett Johansson
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A box without hinges, key, or lid, yet golden treasure inside is hid.
J. R. R. Tolkien
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Further, Japan is the second largest donor in Iraq after the United States, with over $5 billion dollars for humanitarian, infrastructure and reconstruction projects.
Mike Simpson
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The fearful face usually betrays great guilt.
Seneca the Younger