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Lucius Annaeus Seneca Quotes 21-40 out of 117
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Growth is slow but collapse is rapid.
The much occupied man has no time for wantonness, and it is an obvious commonplace that the evils of leisure can be shaken off by hard work.
Unrighteous fortune seldom spares the highest worth; no one with safety can long front so frequent perils. Whom calamity oft passes by she finds at last.
Who vaunts his race, lauds what belongs to others.
What is freedom? It means not being a slave to any circumstance, to any restraint, to any chance.
Freedom can't be kept for nothing. If you set a high value on liberty, you must set a low value on everything else.
Worse than war is the very fear of war.
The cause of anger is the belief that we are injured; this belief, therefore, should not be lightly entertained. We ought not to fly into a rage even when the injury appears to be open and distinct: for some false things bear the semblance of truth. We should always allow some time to elapse, for time discloses the truth.
Democracy is more cruel than wars or tyrants.
Who profits by a sin has done the sin.
'Tis the first art of kings, the power to suffer hate.
A good judge condemns wrongful acts, but does not hate them.
A great fortune is a great slavery.
A great pilot can sail even when his canvas is rent.
A great step towards independence is a good-humored stomach, one that is willing to endure rough treatment.
A large part of mankind is angry not with the sins, but with the sinners.
A quarrel is quickly settled when deserted by one party; there is no battle unless there be two.
A trifling debt makes a man your debtor; a large one makes him an enemy.
All art is but imitation of nature.
All savageness is a sign of weakness.
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