Seneca the Younger (Seneca) Quotes
Every day, therefore, should be regulated as if it were the one that brings up the rear, the one that rounds out and completes our lives.
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I shall produce nothing that will offend the proprieties, whether applied to children or grownups. My pictures are turned out with clean hands and, therefore, with a clear conscience which, like virtue, is its own reward.
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The young always have the same problem - how to rebel and conform at the same time. They have now solved this by defying their parents and copying one another.
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I found it peculiar that those who wanted to take military action could - with 100 per cent certainty - know that the weapons existed and turn out to have zero knowledge of where they were.
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It is a debt we owe to the purity of our religion to show that it is at variance with that law which warrants slavery.
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It hurts every day when you practice hard, but when this decathlon is over, I got the rest of my life to recuperate. Who cares how bad it hurts?
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Stupidity is a talent for misconception.
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I've learned how to stay humble. I don't want to get in over my head because when you do that it takes you off your game.
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Religious belief itself is an adaptation that has evolved because we're hard-wired to form tribalistic religions.
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I grew up in Scotland, and everyone wore Barbour. It's very practical; it's very outdoorsy. It's what the gamekeepers and the fishermen and the farmers would wear.
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Hold fast to the Bible. To the influence of this Book we are indebted for all the progress made in true civilization and to this we must look as our guide in the future.
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I'm confident in my team. I'm confident in my coaches. I'm confident in my ability. I worked really hard to become a better mixed martial artist.
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Don't be surprised at Fortune's turns and twists: That wheel has spun a thousand yarns before.
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A productive employee who is kept busy working at his or her job is far more likely to be happy at that job and less likely to look for employment elsewhere.
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Biology is Engineering
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Chi non esce dal suo paese, vive pieno di pregiudizi.
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War's a fearsome thing. They'll be cunning that catches me at this wark again.
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Decisions are always made with insufficient information. If you really knew what was going on, the decision would make itself.
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My life seemed to be a series of events and accidents. Yet when I look back I see a pattern.
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I liked Trump's honesty because it was different and had a chance to change the business of politics. What I didn't realize he was missing at the time was a complete and utter lack of preparation, knowledge, and common sense.
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Conservatives complain that the Supreme Court is too liberal. Liberals complain that it's too conservative. Both charges are inaccurate: in reality the Court is a careful political actor that arguably represents the center of gravity of American politics better than most politicians do.
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All things are filled full of signs, and it is a wise man who can learn about one thing from another.
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Every day, therefore, should be regulated as if it were the one that brings up the rear, the one that rounds out and completes our lives.
