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A quarrel is quickly settled when deserted by one party; there is no battle unless there be two.


Lucius Annaeus Seneca

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A quarrel is quickly settled when deserted by one party; there is no battle unless there be two.
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LUCIUS ANNAEUS SENECA A sword never kills anybody; it is a tool in the killer's hand.
LUCIUS ANNAEUS SENECA

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LUCIUS ANNAEUS SENECA The day which we fear as our last is but the birthday of eternity.
LUCIUS ANNAEUS SENECA If one does not know to which port one is sailing, no wind is favorable.
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LUCIUS ANNAEUS SENECA A gem cannot be polished without friction, nor a man perfected without trials.
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LUCIUS ANNAEUS SENECA The greatest remedy for anger is delay.
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LUCIUS ANNAEUS SENECA We become wiser by adversity; prosperity destroys our appreciation of the right.
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LUCIUS ANNAEUS SENECA May be is very well, but Must is the master. It is my duty to show justice without recompense.
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SENECA (LUCIUS ANNAEUS SENECA) Those vices [luxury and neglect of decent manners] are vices of men, not of the times. [Lat., Hom...
SENECA (LUCIUS ANNAEUS SENECA) Wherever there is a human being there is an opportunity for a kindness. [Lat., Unicumque homo est...
SENECA (LUCIUS ANNAEUS SENECA) For I do not distinguish them by the eye, but by the mind, which is the proper judge of the man.
SENECA (LUCIUS ANNAEUS SENECA) If you wish another to keep your secret, first keep it to yourself.
SENECA (LUCIUS ANNAEUS SENECA) Behold a worthy sight, to which the God, turning his attention to his own work, may direct his gaze...
SENECA (LUCIUS ANNAEUS SENECA) Great men rejoice in adversity just as brave soldiers triumph in war. [Lat., Gaudent magni viri r...
SENECA (LUCIUS ANNAEUS SENECA) The fearful face usually betrays great guilt. [Lat., Multa trepidus solet Detegere vultus.]
SENECA (LUCIUS ANNAEUS SENECA) The first art to be learned by a ruler is to endure envy. [Lat., Ars prima regni posse te invidiam...
SENECA (LUCIUS ANNAEUS SENECA) To preserve the life of citizens, is the greatest virtue in the father of his country. [Lat., Ser...
SENECA (LUCIUS ANNAEUS SENECA) A dwarf is small even if he stands on a mountain; a colossus keeps his height, even if he stands in...
SENECA (LUCIUS ANNAEUS SENECA) The whole discord of this world consists in discords. [Lat., Tota hujus mundi concordia ex discord...
SENECA (LUCIUS ANNAEUS SENECA) A crowd of fellow-sufferers is a miserable kind of comfort. [Lat., Maliuolum solacii genus est tur...
SENECA (LUCIUS ANNAEUS SENECA) [Epicurus] says that you should rather have regard to the company with whom you eat and drink, than...
SENECA (LUCIUS ANNAEUS SENECA) No possession is gratifying without a companion. [Lat., Nullius boni sine sociis jucunda possessio...
SENECA (LUCIUS ANNAEUS SENECA) He gives a benefit twice who gives quickly. [Lat., Inopi beneficium bis dat, qui dat celeriter.]
SENECA (LUCIUS ANNAEUS SENECA) Let him that hath done the good office conceal it; let him that received it disclose it. [Lat., Q...
SENECA (LUCIUS ANNAEUS SENECA) A benefit is estimated according to the mind of the giver. [Lat., Eodem animo beneficium debetur, ...
SENECA (LUCIUS ANNAEUS SENECA) A benefit consists not in what is done or given, but in the intention of the giver or doer. [Lat....
SENECA (LUCIUS ANNAEUS SENECA) Whatever begins, also ends. [Lat., Quicquid coepit, et desinit.]
SENECA (LUCIUS ANNAEUS SENECA) He who begs timidly courts a refusal. [Lat., Qui timide rogat, Docet negare.]
SENECA (LUCIUS ANNAEUS SENECA) Prosperity asks for fidelity; adversity exacts it. [Lat., Poscunt fidem secunda, at adversa exigun...
SENECA (LUCIUS ANNAEUS SENECA) Fidelity bought with money is overcome by money. [Lat., Pretio parata vincitur pretio fides.]
SENECA (LUCIUS ANNAEUS SENECA) He is not guilty who is not guilty of his own free will. [Lat., Haud est nocens, quicumque non spo...
SENECA (LUCIUS ANNAEUS SENECA) If you judge, investigate; if you reign, command. [Lat., Si judicas, cognosce; si regnas, jube.]
SENECA (LUCIUS ANNAEUS SENECA) Revenge is an inhuman word. [Lat., Inhumanum verbum est ultio.]
SENECA (LUCIUS ANNAEUS SENECA) We have suffered lightly, if we have suffered what we should weep for. [Lat., Levia perpessi sumu...
SENECA (LUCIUS ANNAEUS SENECA) He is ungrateful who denies that he has received a kindness which has been bestowed upon him; he is...
SENECA (LUCIUS ANNAEUS SENECA) How much does great prosperity overspread the mind with darkness. [Lat., Quantum caliginis mentibu...
SENECA (LUCIUS ANNAEUS SENECA) There is no satisfaction in any good without a companion. [Lat., Nullius boni sine sociis jucunda ...
SENECA (LUCIUS ANNAEUS SENECA) A thing seriously pursued affords true enjoyment. [Lat., Res severa est verum gaudium.]
SENECA (LUCIUS ANNAEUS SENECA) Whom they have injured they also hate. [Lat., Quos laeserunt et oderunt.]
SENECA (LUCIUS ANNAEUS SENECA) Leave in concealment what has long been concealed. [Lat., Latere semper patere, quod latuit diu.]
SENECA (LUCIUS ANNAEUS SENECA) The voice is nothing but beaten air. [Lat., Vox nihil aliud quam ictus aer.]
SENECA (LUCIUS ANNAEUS SENECA) Every monarch is subject to a mightier one. [Lat., Omnes sub regno graviore regnum est.]
SENECA (LUCIUS ANNAEUS SENECA) Why do you ask, how long has he lived? He has lived to posterity. [Lat., Quid quaeris, quamdiu v...
SENECA (LUCIUS ANNAEUS SENECA) Poison is drunk out of gold. [Lat., Venenum in auro bibitur.]
SENECA (LUCIUS ANNAEUS SENECA) There in no one more unfortunate than the man who has never been unfortunate. for it has never been...
SENECA (LUCIUS ANNAEUS SENECA) We have lost morals, justice, honor, piety and faith, and that sense of shame which, once lost, can...
SENECA (LUCIUS ANNAEUS SENECA) They laboriously do nothing. [Lat., Operose nihil agunt.]
SENECA (LUCIUS ANNAEUS SENECA) What is more insane than to vent on senseless things the anger that is felt towards men? [Lat., Q...
SENECA (LUCIUS ANNAEUS SENECA) There has never been any great genius without a spice of madness. [Lat., Nullum magnum ingenium si...
SENECA (LUCIUS ANNAEUS SENECA) Drunkenness is nothing but voluntary madness. [Lat., Nihil aliud est ebrietas quam voluntaria insa...
SENECA (LUCIUS ANNAEUS SENECA) It is often better not to see an insult than to avenge it. [Lat., Saepe satius fuit dissimulare qu...
SENECA (LUCIUS ANNAEUS SENECA) That grief is light which can take counsel. [Lat., Levis est dolor qui capere consilium potest.]
SENECA (LUCIUS ANNAEUS SENECA) What narrow innocence it is for one to be good only according to the law. [Lat., Quam angusta inn...
SENECA (LUCIUS ANNAEUS SENECA) He who has injured thee was either stronger or weaker. If weaker, spare him; if stronger, spare th...
SENECA (LUCIUS ANNAEUS SENECA) I am ashamed of my master and not of my servitude. [Lat., Domini pudet non servitutis.]
SENECA (LUCIUS ANNAEUS SENECA) Every change of place becomes a delight. [Lat., Omnis mutatio loci jucunda fiet.]
SENECA (LUCIUS ANNAEUS SENECA) He who tenders doubtful safety to those in trouble refuses it. [Lat., Dubiam salutem qui dat adfli...
SENECA (LUCIUS ANNAEUS SENECA) Light troubles speak; immense troubles are silent. [Lat., Curae leves loquuntur, ingentes stupent....
SENECA (LUCIUS ANNAEUS SENECA) We sought therefore to amend our will, and not to suffer it through despite to languish long time i...
SENECA (LUCIUS ANNAEUS SENECA) The throne of another is not stable for thee. [Lat., Alieno in loco Haud stabile regnum est.]
SENECA (LUCIUS ANNAEUS SENECA) He deserves praise who does not what he may, but what he ought. [Lat., Id facere laus est quod dec...
SENECA (LUCIUS ANNAEUS SENECA) When you see a man in distress, recognize him as a fellow man. [Lat., Quemcumque miserum videris, ...
SENECA (LUCIUS ANNAEUS SENECA) There is nothing so wretched or foolish as to anticipate misfortunes. What madness it is in your e...
SENECA (LUCIUS ANNAEUS SENECA) Calamity is virtue's opportunity. [Lat., Calamitas virtutis occasio est.]
SENECA (LUCIUS ANNAEUS SENECA) The wretched hasten to hear of their own miseries. [Lat., Miserias properant suas Audire miser...
SENECA (LUCIUS ANNAEUS SENECA) Fire tries gold, misery tries brave men. [Lat., Ignis aurum probat, misera fortes viros.]
SENECA (LUCIUS ANNAEUS SENECA) Mercy often inflicts death. [Lat., Mortem misericors saepe pro vita dabit.]
SENECA (LUCIUS ANNAEUS SENECA) Great grief does not of itself put an end itself. [Lat., Magnus sibi ipse non facit finem dolor.]
SENECA (LUCIUS ANNAEUS SENECA) Light griefs are communicative, great ones stupefy. [Lat., Curae leves loquuntur, ingentes stupent...
SENECA (LUCIUS ANNAEUS SENECA) Let the man, who would be grateful, think of repaying a kindness, even while receiving it. [Lat.,...
SENECA (LUCIUS ANNAEUS SENECA) It is the practice of the multitude to bark at eminent men, as little dogs do at strangers.
SENECA (LUCIUS ANNAEUS SENECA) Successful crime is dignified with the name of virtue; the good become the slaves of the impious; m...
SENECA (LUCIUS ANNAEUS SENECA) A hungry people listens not to reason, not cares for justice, nor is bent by any prayers. [Lat., ...
SENECA (LUCIUS ANNAEUS SENECA) When God has once begun to throw down the prosperous, He overthrows them altogether: such is the e...
SENECA (LUCIUS ANNAEUS SENECA) God never repents of what He has first resolved upon. [Lat., Nec unquam primi consilii deos peonit...
SENECA (LUCIUS ANNAEUS SENECA)