Roman - Statesman | 5 BC - 65 AD
True praise comes often even to the lowly; false praise only to the strong.
Lucius Annaeus Seneca
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No untroubled day has ever dawned for me.
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One crime has to be concealed by another.
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Constant exposure to dangers will breed contempt for them.
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Nothing is void of God, his work is everywhere his full of himself.
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If you would judge, understand.
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That is never too often repeated, which is never sufficiently learned.
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To keep oneself safe does not mean to bury oneself.
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Most powerful is he who has himself in his own power.
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Why do I not seek some real good; one which I could feel, not one which I could display?
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It makes a great deal of difference whether one wills not to sin or has not the knowledge to sin.
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Success consecrates the most offensive crimes.
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