Seneca the Younger Quotes - Page 26

• The man who does something under orders is not unhappy; he is unhappy who does something against his will.

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  Men, Order, Unhappy

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• It is safer to offend certain men than it is to oblige them; for as proof that they owe nothing they seek recourse in hatred.

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  Revenge, Men, Hatred

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• Where silence is not allowed, what then is permissible?

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  Silence, Silence Is

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• Consider, when you are enraged at any one, what you would probably think if he should die during the dispute.

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  Death, Anger, Philosophical

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• The display of grief makes more demands than grief itself. How few men are sad in their own company.

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  Grief, Philosophical, Men

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• It is extreme evil to depart from the company of the living before you die.

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  Life, Evil, Company

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• While crime is punished it yet increases.

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  Prison, Crime, Increase

  "Thyestes". XXXI, 1st century.

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• Religion worships God, while superstition profanes that worship.

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  Superstitions, Worship, Worship God

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• The more violent the storm the sooner it is over.

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  Storm, Violent

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• Vice is contagious, and there is no trusting the sound and the sick together.

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  Sick, Together, Vices

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• To the person who does not know where he wants to go there is no favorable wind.

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  Wind, Vision, Doe

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• Bear in mind that you commit a crime by injuring even a wicked brother.

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  Brother, Mind, Wicked

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• No one should feel pride in anything that is not his own.

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  Character, Pride, Should

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• The road by precepts is tedious, by example, short and efficacious.

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  Example, Good Examples, Tedious

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• No untroubled day has ever dawned for me.

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  Philosophical, Adversity

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• There is no genius free from some tincture of madness

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  Genius, Madness, Genius And Madness

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• The deferring of anger is the best antidote to anger.

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  Anger, Antidote

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• No wind blows in favor of a ship without direction.

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  Blow, Wind, Goal

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• There is no power greater than true affection.

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  Affection, True Affection, Greater

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• A dwarf can stand on a mountain, he's no taller.

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  Dwarves, Climbing, Mountain

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• A person's fears are lighter when the danger is at hand.

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  Fear, Philosophical, Light

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• Resistance to oppression is second nature.

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  Resistance, Oppression

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• A young man respects and looks up to his teachers.

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  Education, Teacher, Men

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• Let the man, who would be grateful, think of repaying a kindness, even while receiving it.

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  Gratitude, Kindness, Grateful

  "Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations" by Jehiel Keeler Hoyt, p. 336-37, De Beneficiis, II. 25, 1922.

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• Everything in art is but a copy of nature.

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  Art, Art Is, Copies

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