Lucius Annaeus Seneca Quotes

Those who boast of their descent, brag on what they owe to others.

Lucius Annaeus Seneca

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• There is, hidden or flaunted, a sword between the sexes till an entire marriage reconciles them.

  

  C. S. Lewis
  • Marriage
  • Hidden
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• As someone who is in awe and grateful every day to be in a country where freedom of the press, free speech and free elections are a way of life, I am wowed, amazed and excited by the opportunity to moderate a 2012 presidential debate.

  

  Candy Crowley
  • Life
  • Country
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• It's Microsoft versus mankind, with Microsoft having only a slight lead.

  

  Larry Ellison
  • Mankind
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• Too bad, whenever adults tell kids to enjoy their childhoods, kids are like, 'You don't understand anything,' and everyone is right.

  

  Gaby Hoffmann
  • Kids
  • Bad
  • Enjoy

• I was getting a little bored with my hair. It's kind of a symbolic thing, just getting rid of the past, moving forward. It's amazing what a reaction you get when you cut your hair.

  

  Pamela Anderson
  • Past
  • Amazing
  • Moving

• I spent most of my time as an actor in television, so directors in television - it's such a machine that's already in place that I don't think you notice the direction as much on the set.

  

  Taylor Sheridan
  • Time
  • Think
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• Even though my shoes are different from Ferragamo's aesthetic, which is more classic, I learned the importance of fit and quality. We were making shoes like they used to, by hand, and I carried that with me.

  

  Edgardo Osorio
  • Different
  • Me
  • Hand

• Pitchers are smart. They know they are much better off if they mix things up and keep you off-balance.

  

  Harmon Killebrew
  • Up
  • Know
  • Balance

• Words that are carefully framed and spoken are the most powerful means of communication there is.

  

  Nancy Duarte
  • Words
  • Powerful
  • Communication

• It's clear that Planned Parenthood went out of its way to paint me as some sort of a zealot - a Trojan-horse zealot who came into Komen and within 10 to 11 months had completely turned the place upside down. That's clearly not who I am, and it's not what happened.

  

  Karen Handel
  • Horse
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• I come from a council estate in Tower Hamlets, and by no means am I the only person who has done well - one of my friends is head of year in a great school in Twickenham. Another is a writer; another is an artist, a musician.

  

  Eddie Marsan
  • Great
  • School
  • Done

• Hard science gives sensational results with a horribly boring process; philosophy gives boring results with a sensational process; literature gives sensational results with a sensational process; and economics gives boring results with a boring process.

  

  Nassim Nicholas Taleb
  • Science
  • Literature

• This was a good dinner enough, to be sure, but it was not a dinner to ask a man to.

  

  Samuel Johnson
  • Good

• Sweet little rock and roller, sweet little rock and roller Her daddy don’t have to scold her, her mother can’t hardly hold her She never gets any older, sweet little rock and roller

  

  Chuck Berry
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• You are that rarest of creatures: a man with the wisdom to see beyond his own time.

  

  Alastair Reynolds
  • Time
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• During the early stages of an industry, when the functionality and reliability of a product isn't yet adequate to meet customer's needs, a proprietary solution is almost always the right solution - because it allows you to knit all the pieces together in an optimized way.

  

  Clayton Christensen
  • Together

• Juggling work and parental responsibilities is no easy task, but I'm trying my best and just like everything else there are good days and there are bad days.

  

  Ali Landry
  • Good
  • Work
  • Trying

• The masterstroke of male fraternity, I believed, was the practice of never speaking of anything remotely personal or related to one's emotions. That way, no one is ever made uncomfortable. Any such awkward moments can always be dispelled with a flurry of pretend-punches.

  

  Lynn Coady
  • Moments
  • Practice

• But the dreams of designing diplomats do not always prosper, and we must trust the future.

  

  John Maynard Keynes
  • Future
  • Trust

• About Donald Trump When he was over here, he was saying that he was going up to Scotland, my golf course in Scotland, cause people in London are protesting but up in Scotland they really like me. Can I say on behalf of the Scottish nation? We fucking don’t.

  

  David Tennant
  • People
  • Up
  • Trump

• The trouble is that rich people, well-to-do people, very often don't really know who the poor are; and that is why we can forgive them, for knowledge can only lead to love, and love to service. And so, if they are not touched by them, it's because they do not know them

  

  Mother Teresa
  • People
  • Poverty
  • Trouble

• All that happens is that the destruction of human beings - unless they're Americans - is called collateral damage.

  

  Harold Pinter
  • Human
  • Happens
  • Human Beings

• Is there a choice in life? It's always been like this. I am jealous that you have a lot of leisure and free time. You are jealous that I have a lot money.

  

  Yao Ming
  • Life
  • Time
  • Money

• Those who boast of their descent, brag on what they owe to others.

  

  Lucius Annaeus Seneca