Seneca the Younger (Seneca) Quotes
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Working in Birmingham for the first time was the best thing, especially as it was round the corner from my mum's house in Harborne!
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Fools are more to be feared than the wicked.
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My notion of a wife at 40 is that a man should be able to change her, like a bank note, for two 20s.
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I believe that in the long run, separation between Israel and the Palestinians is the best solution for resolving the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
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After I can be happy with knowing that I did what I wanted to do.
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It should not be the government running the economy.
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Before I can live with other folks I've got to live with myself. The one thing that doesn't abide by majority rule is a person's conscience.
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I'm obsessed with making lists.
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The work of creation is never without travail
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He will punish all the evil deeds of men, although they have not been prohibited by a prophet, if common sense warns against them, as e.g., injustice and violence. ...it is distinctly added that he who does a good thing without being commanded, receives nevertheless his reward. The same principle is expressed in all the sayings of our Sages.
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My nerves fell apart before I saw the front this time, the decaying corpses and piercing wire; for a while, they made me harmless, locking me up in order to undertake a special diagnosis of whatever military ability I might still have. The nerves, every last fiber, repugnance, repulsion!
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I've been your slave Ever since I've been your babe But before I be your dog I'll see you in your grave.
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Awkwardness gives me great comfort.
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A real mother, who knows the will of God by experience, will prepare her children also to fulfil it. Such a mother will suffer if she sees her child overfed, effeminate, and dressed-up, for she knows that these things will make it difficult for it to fulfil the will of God which she recognizes.
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The less somebody knows and understand himself the less great he is, however great may be his talent. For this reason our scientists are not great.
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We must reject dictatorship in whatever form it takes — and especially when it rears its head in our own midst on the bench.
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At the best of times his face was unreadable. Now his face was a book written in a language long forgotten, in an alphabet unimagined. Silas wrapped the shadows around him like a blanket, and stared after the way the boy had gone, and did not move to follow.
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I had only planned to strike the gong violently in order to somehow shake people up and make them more aware. I think I succeeded.
