Seneca the Younger (Seneca) Quotes
The customs of that most criminal nation (Israel) have gained such strength that they have now been received in all lands. The conquered have given laws to the conquerors.
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Art is too serious to be taken seriously.
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I really thank my parents for giving me the good sense to not get into anything wrong. There are many people around who like controversies, and I actually wonder how do they do it. I don't have the courage to get into controversies. There are people who love it; I find it silly.
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The data strongly suggest that very good years in the U.S. stock market are followed by more good years.
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I'm very inspired by him-it was my father who taught us that an immigrant must work twice as hard as anybody else, that he must never give up.
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Henceforth, we shall be happy to be a free citizen in an independent country.
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People used to play with toys. Now the toys play with them.
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The affections are like lightning: you cannot tell where they will strike till they have fallen.
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For the way loneliness is worse when you return to it after a reprieve—like the soul’s version of putting on a wet bathing suit, clammy and miserable.
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When a man puts me a question, I judge of his intelligence.
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In my small town, nothing really good happened too often and I thought, 'What am I doing here? I'm wasting my life.'
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There are periods where you think, "What am I doing?" or "What am I doing it for?"; that's a more scary question. "I've made s---loads of money, I've left my mark in music, why am I still doing this?," and it takes a while to answer that question.
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Seek for the truth from the heart which is empty of thought.
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Let us at all times remember that all American citizens are brothers of a common country, and should dwell together in bonds of fraternal feeling.
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All a Jew has to do is recite a few proverbs or anecdotes to consider himself an expert on 'Jewishness.'
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Indeed, we Jews were at the leading edge of communist totalitarianism, one of the most murderous movements of the 20th century.
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Life is often compared to a marathon, but I think it is more like being a sprinter; long stretches of hard work punctuated by brief moments in which we are given the opportunity to perform at our best.
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Man is born passionate of body, but with an innate though secret tendency to the love of Good in his main – spring of Mind. But God help us all! It is at present a sad jar of atoms.
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The customs of that most criminal nation (Israel) have gained such strength that they have now been received in all lands. The conquered have given laws to the conquerors.
