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Lucius Annaeus Seneca quotes: Every man prefers belief to the exercise of judgment. Every man prefers belief to the exercise of judgment.
Lucius Annaeus Seneca quotes: Success consecrates the most offensive crimes. Success consecrates the most offensive crimes.
Lucius Annaeus Seneca quotes: Crime when it succeeds is called virtue. Crime when it succeeds is called virtue.
Lucius Annaeus Seneca quotes: It is the failing of youth not to be able to restrain its own violence. It is the failing of youth not to be able to restrain its own violence.
Lucius Annaeus Seneca quotes: One of the most beautiful qualities of true friendship is to understand and to be understood. One of the most beautiful qualities of true friendship is to understand and to be understood.
Lucius Annaeus Seneca quotes: Genius always gives its best at first; prudence, at last. Genius always gives its best at first; prudence, at last.
Lucius Annaeus Seneca quotes: 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. 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.
Lucius Annaeus Seneca quotes: A gem cannot be polished without friction, nor a man perfected without trials. A gem cannot be polished without friction, nor a man perfected without trials.
Lucius Annaeus Seneca quotes: True praise comes often even to the lowly; false praise only to the strong. True praise comes often even to the lowly; false praise only to the strong.
Lucius Annaeus Seneca quotes: If you would judge, understand. If you would judge, understand.
Lucius Annaeus Seneca quotes: What difference does it make how much you have? What you do not have amounts to much more. What difference does it make how much you have? What you do not have amounts to much more.
Lucius Annaeus Seneca quotes: In war there is no prize for runner-up. In war there is no prize for runner-up.
Lucius Annaeus Seneca quotes: The deferring of anger is the best antidote to anger. The deferring of anger is the best antidote to anger.
Lucius Annaeus Seneca quotes: Precepts or maxims are of great weight; and a few useful ones on hand do more to produce a happy life than the volumes we can't find. Precepts or maxims are of great weight; and a few useful ones on hand do more to produce a happy life than the volumes we can't find.
Lucius Annaeus Seneca quotes: We become wiser by adversity; prosperity destroys our appreciation of the right. We become wiser by adversity; prosperity destroys our appreciation of the right.
Lucius Annaeus Seneca quotes: No untroubled day has ever dawned for me. No untroubled day has ever dawned for me.
Lucius Annaeus Seneca quotes: We are more often frightened than hurt; and we suffer more from imagination than from reality. We are more often frightened than hurt; and we suffer more from imagination than from reality.
Lucius Annaeus Seneca quotes: Why do I not seek some real good; one which I could feel, not one which I could display? Why do I not seek some real good; one which I could feel, not one which I could display?
Lucius Annaeus Seneca quotes: Whatever fortune has raised to a height, she has raised only to cast it down. Whatever fortune has raised to a height, she has raised only to cast it down.
Lucius Annaeus Seneca quotes: When an author is too meticulous about his style, you may presume that his mind is frivolous and his content flimsy. When an author is too meticulous about his style, you may presume that his mind is frivolous and his content flimsy.
Lucius Annaeus Seneca quotes: A kingdom founded on injustice never lasts. A kingdom founded on injustice never lasts.
Lucius Annaeus Seneca quotes: The way is long if one follows precepts, but short ... if one follows patterns. The way is long if one follows precepts, but short ... if one follows patterns.
Lucius Annaeus Seneca quotes: Where fear is, happiness is not. Where fear is, happiness is not.
Lucius Annaeus Seneca quotes: So live with men as if God saw you and speak to God, as if men heard you. So live with men as if God saw you and speak to God, as if men heard you.
Lucius Annaeus Seneca quotes: A well governed appetite is the greater part of liberty. A well governed appetite is the greater part of liberty.
Lucius Annaeus Seneca quotes: Death is the wish of some, the relief of many, and the end of all. Death is the wish of some, the relief of many, and the end of all.
Lucius Annaeus Seneca quotes: It makes a great deal of difference whether one wills not to sin or has not the knowledge to sin. It makes a great deal of difference whether one wills not to sin or has not the knowledge to sin.
Lucius Annaeus Seneca quotes: He has committed the crime who profits by it. He has committed the crime who profits by it.
Lucius Annaeus Seneca quotes: We often want one thing and pray for another, not telling the truth even to the gods. We often want one thing and pray for another, not telling the truth even to the gods.
Lucius Annaeus Seneca quotes: A man who suffers before it is necessary, suffers more than is necessary. A man who suffers before it is necessary, suffers more than is necessary.
Lucius Annaeus Seneca quotes: The first and greatest punishment of the sinner is the conscience of sin. The first and greatest punishment of the sinner is the conscience of sin.
Lucius Annaeus Seneca quotes: To keep oneself safe does not mean to bury oneself. To keep oneself safe does not mean to bury oneself.
Lucius Annaeus Seneca quotes: The approach of liberty makes even an old man brave. The approach of liberty makes even an old man brave.
Lucius Annaeus Seneca quotes: Slavery takes hold of few, but many take hold of slavery. Slavery takes hold of few, but many take hold of slavery.
Lucius Annaeus Seneca quotes: It is more fitting for a man to laugh at life than to lament over it. It is more fitting for a man to laugh at life than to lament over it.
Lucius Annaeus Seneca quotes: If one does not know to which port one is sailing, no wind is favorable. If one does not know to which port one is sailing, no wind is favorable.
Lucius Annaeus Seneca quotes: A man's as miserable as he thinks he is. A man's as miserable as he thinks he is.
Lucius Annaeus Seneca quotes: One crime has to be concealed by another. One crime has to be concealed by another.
Lucius Annaeus Seneca quotes: He who does not prevent a crime when he can, encourages it. He who does not prevent a crime when he can, encourages it.
Lucius Annaeus Seneca quotes: Success is not greedy, as people think, but insignificant. That is why it satisfies nobody. Success is not greedy, as people think, but insignificant. That is why it satisfies nobody.
Lucius Annaeus Seneca quotes: He who dreads hostility too much is unfit to rule. He who dreads hostility too much is unfit to rule.
Lucius Annaeus Seneca quotes: Not how long, but how well you have lived is the main thing. Not how long, but how well you have lived is the main thing.
Lucius Annaeus Seneca quotes: It is true greatness to have in one the frailty of a man and the security of a god. It is true greatness to have in one the frailty of a man and the security of a god.
Lucius Annaeus Seneca quotes: Every guilty person is his own hangman. Every guilty person is his own hangman.
Lucius Annaeus Seneca quotes: The things hardest to bear are sweetest to remember. The things hardest to bear are sweetest to remember.
Lucius Annaeus Seneca quotes: A great fortune is a great slavery. A great fortune is a great slavery.
Lucius Annaeus Seneca quotes: Light troubles speak; the weighty are struck dumb. Light troubles speak; the weighty are struck dumb.
Lucius Annaeus Seneca quotes: Do everything as in the eye of another. Do everything as in the eye of another.
Lucius Annaeus Seneca quotes: You learn to know a pilot in a storm. You learn to know a pilot in a storm.
Lucius Annaeus Seneca quotes: Love in its essence is spiritual fire. Love in its essence is spiritual fire.
Lucius Annaeus Seneca quotes: There is as much greatness of mind in acknowledging a good turn, as in doing it. There is as much greatness of mind in acknowledging a good turn, as in doing it.
Lucius Annaeus Seneca quotes: Whatever is well said by another, is mine. Whatever is well said by another, is mine.
Lucius Annaeus Seneca quotes: The less we deserve good fortune, the more we hope for it. The less we deserve good fortune, the more we hope for it.
Lucius Annaeus Seneca quotes: Our care should not be to have lived long as to have lived enough. Our care should not be to have lived long as to have lived enough.
Lucius Annaeus Seneca quotes: I don't trust liberals, I trust conservatives. I don't trust liberals, I trust conservatives.
Lucius Annaeus Seneca quotes: That is never too often repeated, which is never sufficiently learned. That is never too often repeated, which is never sufficiently learned.
Lucius Annaeus Seneca quotes: Be wary of the man who urges an action in which he himself incurs no risk. Be wary of the man who urges an action in which he himself incurs no risk.
Lucius Annaeus Seneca quotes: Nothing is void of God, his work is everywhere his full of himself. Nothing is void of God, his work is everywhere his full of himself.
Lucius Annaeus Seneca quotes: It is another's fault if he be ungrateful, but it is mine if I do not give. To find one thankful man, I will oblige a great many that are It is another's fault if he be ungrateful, but it is mine if I do not give. To find one thankful man, I will oblige a great many that are not so.
Lucius Annaeus Seneca quotes: Those who boast of their descent, brag on what they owe to others. Those who boast of their descent, brag on what they owe to others.
Lucius Annaeus Seneca quotes: The mind unlearns with difficulty what it has long learned. The mind unlearns with difficulty what it has long learned.
Lucius Annaeus Seneca quotes: What nature requires is obtainable, and within easy reach. It is for the superfluous we sweat. What nature requires is obtainable, and within easy reach. It is for the superfluous we sweat.
Lucius Annaeus Seneca quotes: When I think over what I have said, I envy dumb people. When I think over what I have said, I envy dumb people.
Lucius Annaeus Seneca quotes: Do not ask for what you will wish you had not got. Do not ask for what you will wish you had not got.
Lucius Annaeus Seneca quotes: It is a rough road that leads to the heights of greatness. It is a rough road that leads to the heights of greatness.
Lucius Annaeus Seneca quotes: A quarrel is quickly settled when deserted by one party; there is no battle unless there be two. A quarrel is quickly settled when deserted by one party; there is no battle unless there be two.
Lucius Annaeus Seneca quotes: Call it Nature, Fate, Fortune; all these are names of the one and selfsame God. Call it Nature, Fate, Fortune; all these are names of the one and selfsame God.
Lucius Annaeus Seneca quotes: There is a noble manner of being poor, and who does not know it will never be rich. There is a noble manner of being poor, and who does not know it will never be rich.
Lucius Annaeus Seneca quotes: The display of grief makes more demands than grief itself. How few men are sad in their own company. The display of grief makes more demands than grief itself. How few men are sad in their own company.
Lucius Annaeus Seneca quotes: Constant exposure to dangers will breed contempt for them. Constant exposure to dangers will breed contempt for them.
Lucius Annaeus Seneca quotes: Consider, when you are enraged at any one, what you would probably think if he should die during the dispute. Consider, when you are enraged at any one, what you would probably think if he should die during the dispute.
Lucius Annaeus Seneca quotes: It is the sign of a great mind to dislike greatness, and to prefer things in measure to things in excess. It is the sign of a great mind to dislike greatness, and to prefer things in measure to things in excess.
Lucius Annaeus Seneca quotes: One must steer, not talk. One must steer, not talk.
Lucius Annaeus Seneca quotes: A happy life is one which is in accordance with its own nature. A happy life is one which is in accordance with its own nature.
Lucius Annaeus Seneca quotes: There is none made so great, but he may both need the help and service, and stand in fear of the power and unkindness, even of the meanest of mortals. There is none made so great, but he may both need the help and service, and stand in fear of the power and unkindness, even of the meanest of mortals.
Lucius Annaeus Seneca quotes: The first step in a person's salvation is knowledge of their sin. The first step in a person's salvation is knowledge of their sin.
Lucius Annaeus Seneca quotes: No man enjoys the true taste of life, but he who is ready and willing to quit it. No man enjoys the true taste of life, but he who is ready and willing to quit it.
Lucius Annaeus Seneca quotes: He who has great power should use it lightly. He who has great power should use it lightly.
Lucius Annaeus Seneca quotes: Whatever one of us blames in another, each one will find in his own heart. Whatever one of us blames in another, each one will find in his own heart.
Lucius Annaeus Seneca quotes: Whenever the speech is corrupted so is the mind. Whenever the speech is corrupted so is the mind.
Lucius Annaeus Seneca quotes: If you judge, investigate. If you judge, investigate.
Lucius Annaeus Seneca quotes: Poverty wants some, luxury many, and avarice all things. Poverty wants some, luxury many, and avarice all things.
Lucius Annaeus Seneca quotes: Believe me, that was a happy age, before the days of architects, before the days of builders. Believe me, that was a happy age, before the days of architects, before the days of builders.
Lucius Annaeus Seneca quotes: A large part of mankind is angry not with the sins, but with the sinners. A large part of mankind is angry not with the sins, but with the sinners.
Lucius Annaeus Seneca quotes: The good things of prosperity are to be wished; but the good things that belong to adversity are to be admired. The good things of prosperity are to be wished; but the good things that belong to adversity are to be admired.
Lucius Annaeus Seneca quotes: God is the universal substance in existing things. He comprises all things. He is the fountain of all being. In Him exists everything that is. God is the universal substance in existing things. He comprises all things. He is the fountain of all being. In Him exists everything that is.
Lucius Annaeus Seneca quotes: Anger is like those ruins which smash themselves on what they fall. Anger is like those ruins which smash themselves on what they fall.
Lucius Annaeus Seneca quotes: If you wished to be loved, love. If you wished to be loved, love.
Lucius Annaeus Seneca quotes: Modesty forbids what the law does not. Modesty forbids what the law does not.
Lucius Annaeus Seneca quotes: Life, if well lived, is long enough. Life, if well lived, is long enough.
Lucius Annaeus Seneca quotes: You must live for another if you wish to live for yourself. You must live for another if you wish to live for yourself.
Lucius Annaeus Seneca quotes: Time discovers truth. Time discovers truth.
Lucius Annaeus Seneca quotes: When we are well, we all have good advice for those who are ill. When we are well, we all have good advice for those who are ill.
Lucius Annaeus Seneca quotes: No evil propensity of the human heart is so powerful that it may not be subdued by discipline. No evil propensity of the human heart is so powerful that it may not be subdued by discipline.
Lucius Annaeus Seneca quotes: For greed all nature is too little. For greed all nature is too little.
Lucius Annaeus Seneca quotes: There is no delight in owning anything unshared. There is no delight in owning anything unshared.
Lucius Annaeus Seneca quotes: Successful and fortunate crime is called virtue. Successful and fortunate crime is called virtue.
Lucius Annaeus Seneca quotes: No one is laughable who laughs at himself. No one is laughable who laughs at himself.
Lucius Annaeus Seneca quotes: If thou art a man, admire those who attempt great things, even though they fail. If thou art a man, admire those who attempt great things, even though they fail.
Lucius Annaeus Seneca quotes: All art is but imitation of nature. All art is but imitation of nature.

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