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Seneca (5 BC - 65 AD)
Roman dramatist, philosopher, & politician [more author details]

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It is a denial of justice not to stretch out a helping hand to the fallen; that is the common right of humanity.: Seneca
It is a great thing to know the season for speech and the season for silence.: Seneca
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It is a youthful failing to be unable to control one's impulses.: Seneca
It is easier to exclude harmful passions than to rule them, and to deny them admittance than to control them after they have been admitted.: Seneca
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It is not because things are difficult that we do not dare; it is because we do not dare that they are difficult.: Seneca
It is pleasant at times to play the madman.: Seneca
It is rash to condemn where you are ignorant.: Seneca
It is the sign of a weak mind to be unable to bear wealth.: Seneca
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It should be our care not so much to live a long life as a satisfactory one.: Seneca
Laws do not persuade just because they threaten.: Seneca
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Let tears flow of their own accord: their flowing is not inconsistent with inward peace and harmony.: Seneca
Life without the courage for death is slavery.: Seneca
Many things have fallen only to rise higher.: Seneca
Most powerful is he who has himself in his own power.: Seneca
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No one can wear a mask for very long.: Seneca
Not to feel one's misfortunes is not human, not to bear them is not manly.: Seneca
Nothing deters a good man from doing what is honourable.: Seneca
One hand washes the other. (Manus Manum Lavet): Seneca
One should count each day a separate life.: Seneca
Speech is the mirror of the mind. (Imago Animi Sermo Est): Seneca
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The arts are the servant; wisdom its master.: Seneca
The first step towards amendment is the recognition of error.: Seneca
The greatest remedy for anger is delay.: Seneca
The mind is slow to unlearn what it learnt early.: Seneca
The most onerous slavery is to be a slave to oneself.: Seneca
The path of precept is long, that of example short and effectual.: Seneca
To be always fortunate, and to pass through life with a soul that has never known sorrow, is to be ignorant of one half of nature.: Seneca
To be feared is to fear: no one has been able to strike terror into others and at the same time enjoy peace of mind.: Seneca
Toil to make yourself remarkable by some talent or other.: Seneca
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Unjust dominion cannot be eternal.: Seneca

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