Seneca the Younger (Seneca) Quotes
Let him who has granted a favour speak not of it; let him who has received one, proclaim it.
Quotes to Explore
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Bureaucracy and social harmony are inversely proportional to each other.
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I live inside God's dream for me. I don't try to tell God what I'm supposed to do. . . God can dream a bigger dream for you than you can dream for yourself.
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The sign on the bar said: 'girls- topless, bottomless', I went inside and there was nobody there!
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Taxes are our main revenue, ... We have to rebuild the city by attracting working class families. To do that we need good jobs and affordable housing in a clean, safe city.
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This case almost reached the level of seditious conspiracy. And historically, we have been very unsuccessful at trying those cases.
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Let us not be defeated by the tyranny of the world financial markets that threaten peace and democracy everywhere.
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The absence of war is not peace.
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Statistics show that diversity in the media is pretty dismal. Critical voices from women and people of color are missing from many important conversations.
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To betray, you must first belong.
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I have no interest in increasing the size of government. I just want to make sure we have got a smart government that is regulating, for example, the financial institutions smartly, so I don't have to engage in any kind of bank bailouts.
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I'm not strange, weird, off, nor crazy, my reality is just different from yours.
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Nobody can put a character on paper without - at any rate in part and at times - sitting as a model for it himself.
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I was born with success. Lucky for me I am able to handle it. Also, I damn well deserve it!
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They gave themselves up wholly to their sorrow, seeking increase of wretchedness in every reflection that could afford it, and resolved against ever admitting consolation in future.
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I looked at other couples and wondered how they could be so calm about it. They held hands as if they weren't even holding hands. When Steve and I held hands, I had to keep looking down to marvel at it. There was my hand, the same hand I've always had - oh, but look! What is it holding? It's holding Steve's hand! Who is Steve? My three-dimensional boyfriend. Each day I wondered what would happen next. What happens when you stop wanting, when you are happy. I supposed I would go on being happy forever. I knew I would not mess things up by growing bored. I had done that once before.
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The man who confers a favour would rather not be repaid in the same coin.
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Out of her favour, where I am in love.
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Let him who has granted a favour speak not of it; let him who has received one, proclaim it.
