Lucius Annaeus Seneca Quotes
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True praise comes often even to the lowly; false praise only to the strong.
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I will govern my life and thoughts as if the whole world were to see the one and read the other, for what does it signify to make anything a secret to my neighbor, when to God, who is the searcher of our hearts, all our privacies are open?
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The bad fortune of the good turns their faces up to heaven; the good fortune of the bad bows their heads down to the earth.
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Time discovers truth.
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No evil propensity of the human heart is so powerful that it may not be subdued by discipline.
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It is true greatness to have in one the frailty of a man and the security of a god.
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The heart is great which shows moderation in the midst of prosperity.
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We should give as we would receive, cheerfully, quickly, and without hesitation; for there is no grace in a benefit that sticks to the fingers.
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One crime has to be concealed by another.
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A well governed appetite is the greater part of liberty.
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Be wary of the man who urges an action in which he himself incurs no risk.
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The mind that is anxious about the future is miserable.
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Whenever the speech is corrupted so is the mind.
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Our plans miscarry because they have no aim. When a man does not know what harbor he is making for, no wind is the right wind.
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There is a noble manner of being poor, and who does not know it will never be rich.
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Shun no toil to make yourself remarkable by some talent or other; yet do not devote yourself to one branch exclusively. Strive to get clear notions about all. Give up no science entirely; for science is but one.
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Brave men rejoice in adversity, just as brave soldiers triumph in war.
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To be able to endure odium is the first art to be learned by those who aspire to power.
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Crime when it succeeds is called virtue.
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Success consecrates the most offensive crimes.
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I never come back home with the same moral character I went out with; something or other becomes unsettled where I had achieved internal peace; some one or other of the things I had put to flight reappears on the scene.
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The first step in a person's salvation is knowledge of their sin.
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The good things of prosperity are to be wished; but the good things that belong to adversity are to be admired.
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If you would judge, understand.