"Slavery holds few men fast; the greater number hold fast their slavery."
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Seneca the Younger quotes (page 53 of 57)
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"It is expedient for the victor to wish for peace restored; for the vanquished it is necessary."
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"The bounty of nature is too little for the greedy person."
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"I shall never be ashamed to quote a bad author if what he says is good."
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"Life is divided into three periods: that which has been, that which is, that which will be. Of these the present is short, the future is doubtful, the past is certain."
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"Human society is like an arch, kept from falling by the mutual pressure of its parts"
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"A young man respects and looks up to his teachers."
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"Life is a play.It's not its length,but its performance that counts."
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"While crime is punished it yet increases."
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"No crime has been without a precedent."
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"There is no power greater than true affection."
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"No wind blows in favor of a ship without direction."
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"He shows a greater mind who does not restrain his laughter, than he who does not deny his tears."
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"It is essential to make oneself used to putting up with a little. Even the wealthy and the well provided are continually met and frustrated by difficult times and situations. It is in no man's power to have whatever he wants; but he has it in his power not to wish for what he hasn't got, and cheerfully make the most of the things that do come his way."
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"What difference does it make how much there is laid away in a man's safe or in his barns, how many head of stock he grazes or how much capital he puts out at interest, if he is always after what is another's and only counts what he has yet to get, never what he has already. You ask what is the proper limit to a person's wealth? First, having what is essential, and second, having what is enough."
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"That which Fortune has not given, she cannot take away."
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"Our words should aim not to please, but to help."
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"If you are wise, You will mingle one thing with the other- Not hoping without doubt; Not doubting without hope."
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"Let us bear with magnanimity whatever it is needful for us to bear."
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"Many men would have arrived at wisdom had they not believed themselves to have arrived there already."
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