Authority founded on injustice is never of long duration.

Quote by Seneca

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God is the universal substance in existing things. He comprises all things. He is the...

God is the universal substance in existing things. He comprises all things. He is the...

The bad fortune of the good turns their faces up to heaven; the good fortune...

The bad fortune of the good turns their faces up to heaven; the good fortune...

So enjoy present pleasures as to not mar those to come.

So enjoy present pleasures as to not mar those to come.

Life is neither a good nor an evil: it is a field for good and...

Life is neither a good nor an evil: it is a field for good and...

A kingdom founded on injustice never lasts.

A kingdom founded on injustice never lasts.

Voyage, travel, and change of place impart vigor

Voyage, travel, and change of place impart vigor

It does not matter how many books you have, but how good the books are...

It does not matter how many books you have, but how good the books are...

Fear drives the wretched to prayer

Fear drives the wretched to prayer

Every new beginning comes from some other beginning's end.

Every new beginning comes from some other beginning's end.

Man at his birth is content with a little milk and a piece of flannel:...

Man at his birth is content with a little milk and a piece of flannel:...

Wherever there is a human being, there is an opportunity for a kindness.

Wherever there is a human being, there is an opportunity for a kindness.

Believe me, that was a happy age, before the days of architects, before the days...

Believe me, that was a happy age, before the days of architects, before the days...

Time heals what reason cannot

Time heals what reason cannot

True happiness is to understand our duties toward God and man; to enjoy the present,...

True happiness is to understand our duties toward God and man; to enjoy the present,...

Courage leads to heaven; fear to death.

Courage leads to heaven; fear to death.

There is no great genius without some touch of madness.

There is no great genius without some touch of madness.

If you judge, investigate

If you judge, investigate

While we teach, we learn.

While we teach, we learn.

We should every night call ourselves to an account: what infirmity have I mastered today?...

We should every night call ourselves to an account: what infirmity have I mastered today?...

Every new beginning comes from some other beginning's end.

Every new beginning comes from some other beginning's end.