There is no evil that does not promise inducements. Avarice promises money; luxury, a varied assortment of pleasures; ambition, a purple robe and applause. Vices tempt you by the rewards they offer.

Quote by Seneca

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

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

Life's like a play; it's not the length but the excellence of the acting that...

Life's like a play; it's not the length but the excellence of the acting that...

To forgive all is as inhuman as to forgive none

To forgive all is as inhuman as to forgive none

Laws do not persuade because they threaten

Laws do not persuade because they threaten

The spirit in which a thing is given determines that in which the debt is...

The spirit in which a thing is given determines that in which the debt is...

If you judge, investigate

If you judge, investigate

Four things does a reckless man gain who covets his neighbor's wife - demerit, an...

Four things does a reckless man gain who covets his neighbor's wife - demerit, an...

A kingdom founded on injustice never lasts.

A kingdom founded on injustice never lasts.

Everything is the product of one universal creative effort. There is nothing dead in Nature.

Everything is the product of one universal creative effort. There is nothing dead in Nature.

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:...

Economy is too late at the bottom of the purse

Economy is too late at the bottom of the purse

To greed, all nature is insufficient.

To greed, all nature is insufficient.

Our fears are more numerous than our dangers, and we suffer more in our imagination...

Our fears are more numerous than our dangers, and we suffer more in our imagination...

For greed, all nature is too little.

For greed, all nature is too little.

Women give nothing to friendship except what they borrow from love.

Women give nothing to friendship except what they borrow from love.

Leisure without literature is death and burial alive.

Leisure without literature is death and burial alive.

No man ever became wise by chance

No man ever became wise by chance

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...

We will open the book. Its pages are blank. We are going to put words...

We will open the book. Its pages are blank. We are going to put words...

Why, I'd like nothing better than to achieve some bold adventure, worthy of our trip.

Why, I'd like nothing better than to achieve some bold adventure, worthy of our trip.