Seneca the Younger (Seneca) Quotes
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Agreement has now been reached that negotiations on Turkey's accession to the European Union can and will begin in the very near future.
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The idea is not to do good because of the praise of men; but to do good because in doing good we develop godliness within us, and this being the case we shall become allied to godliness, which will in time become part and portion of our being.
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Surrounded by stories surreal and sublime, I fell in Love in the Library once upon a time.
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Poets like Shakespeare know more about poetry than any $25 an hour man.
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The blood of a goat will shatter a diamond.
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The line has magnitude in one way, the plane in two ways, and the solid in three ways, and beyond these there is no other magnitude because the three are all.
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In order to be effective you need not only virtue but also mental strength.
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Politics is far more complicated than physics.
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The development of the doctrine of international arbitration, considered from the standpoint of its ultimate benefits to the human race, is the most vital movement of modern times. In its relation to the well-being of the men and women of this and ensuing generations, it exceeds in importance the proper solution of various economic problems which are constant themes of legislative discussion and enactment.
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I think the misconceptions, there are certain people that are fixed in those with those beliefs, and been in those for twenty-five years, you're not going to change them.... What you've got to do is basically talk to the future about what you want to with the country.
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I cannot teach you violence, as I do not myself believe in it. I can only teach you not to bow your heads before any one even at the cost of your life.
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The nation's non-co-operation is an invitation to the Government to co-operate with it on its own terms, as is every nation's right and every good government's duty.
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The secret of business is to know something that nobody else knows.
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Another novelty is the tea-party, an extraordinary meal in that, being offered to persons that have already dined well, it supposes neither appetite nor thirst, and has no object but distraction, no basis but delicate enjoyment.
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Nonviolence is an unchangeable creed. It has to be pursued even in face of violence raging around you.
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We are so habitually nostalgic by now that we anticipate looking back in the midst of enjoyment, look forward to watching the videos we're taking of our children even as we make them.
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A thing seriously pursued affords true enjoyment.
