Seneca the Younger (Seneca) Quotes

The most imperious masters over their own servants are at the same time the most abject slaves to the servants of others.

Seneca the Younger

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• What was really tough for me was that Lars Magnus Ericsson founded Ericsson in 1876; we've always had a consumer product. And I'm the 16th CEO of Ericsson, and I decided that we don't have any consumer products anymore.

  

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• I think that what people imagine they're going through is much worse than what they are going through.

  

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• I take it a little bit hard on myself because I'm comparing myself a lot, and that's the kind of person I am because I'm so competitive, but it's also good, because I am competitive, so it kind of kicks you in the butt.

  

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• His gaze brushed over her, abstract and hungry. "You burn so very brightly, you know" "Yeah," she muttered. "You said.

  

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• I didn't study the piano - the piano studied me.

  

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• I think as a student I ended up liking so many different and conflicting things.

  

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• For that to happen with 4.9 seconds left, it's devastating.

  

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• To me, my recipes are priceless.

  

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• I hate motorcycles. Because if I hit one, even if it's not my fault, if I've done nothing wrong, I'm not charged with manslaughter, he's gonna die, because he's on a motorcycle. So I have to live my life knowing that I killed this guy.

  

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• The boundless capacity of the African American spirit in this country to say Hallelujah anyhow, to use our joy as a weapon, to use our creativity as a weapon, to use our moral clarity and our deep experience as a weapon not just to save Black people but to save all of these people.

  

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• We just kept waiting and waiting and waiting but never did see a sense of urgency from Washington.

  

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• I would like to propose a toast to a great president of the United States, and a great leader of the free world, ... And good luck, Bill.

  

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• I want to express my personal commitment to continue to strive for a positive contribution of the European Union to lasting peace in the region.

  

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• God grant to all of us the power and strength to be people of integrity, and the insight and wisdom to avoid being led into the snares of the dishonest.

  

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• Thunder only happens when it's raining.

  

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• For me reading was always the great escape without getting your fingers burnt.

  

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• The most imperious masters over their own servants are at the same time the most abject slaves to the servants of others.

  

  Seneca the Younger
  • Slave
  • Masters
  • Tyranny