Friendship always benefits; love sometimes injures.

Quote by Seneca

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Successful and fortunate crime is called virtue.

Successful and fortunate crime is called virtue.

Fate leads the willing and drags along the unwilling.

Fate leads the willing and drags along the unwilling.

A sword is never a killer, it is a tool in the killer's hands

A sword is never a killer, it is a tool in the killer's hands

Nothing is ours except time.

Nothing is ours except time.

Freedom is not being a slave to any circumstance, to any constraint, to any chance;...

Freedom is not being a slave to any circumstance, to any constraint, to any chance;...

Even after a bad harvest there must be sowing.

Even after a bad harvest there must be sowing.

Night brings our troubles to the light, rather than banishes them.

Night brings our troubles to the light, rather than banishes them.

I am like a book, with pages that have stuck together for want of use:...

I am like a book, with pages that have stuck together for want of use:...

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...

Tis a human trait to hate one you have wronged

Tis a human trait to hate one you have wronged

All things are cause for either laughter or weeping.

All things are cause for either laughter or weeping.

The primary sign of a well-ordered mind is a man's ability to remain in one...

The primary sign of a well-ordered mind is a man's ability to remain in one...

Fidelity that is bought with money may be overcome with money

Fidelity that is bought with money may be overcome with money

He is most powerful who has power over himself

He is most powerful who has power over himself

Excessive power sees power beyond its power

Excessive power sees power beyond its power

To greed, all nature is insufficient.

To greed, all nature is insufficient.

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

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

As it is with a play, so it is with life, what matters is not...

As it is with a play, so it is with life, what matters is not...

Be harsh with yourself at times.

Be harsh with yourself at times.

If we are too busy, if we are carried away every day by our projects,...

If we are too busy, if we are carried away every day by our projects,...