We are more often frightened than hurt: our troubles spring more often from fancy than reality

Quote by Seneca

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No man is free who is a slave to the flesh

No man is free who is a slave to the flesh

He who forbids not sin when he may, commands it

He who forbids not sin when he may, commands it

Whatever is to make us better and happy, God has placed either openly before us...

Whatever is to make us better and happy, God has placed either openly before us...

A kingdom founded on injustice never lasts.

A kingdom founded on injustice never lasts.

He who boasts of his ancestry praises the merits of another

He who boasts of his ancestry praises the merits of another

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,...

The whole world is my native land

The whole world is my native land

Successful and fortunate crime is called virtue.

Successful and fortunate crime is called virtue.

Anger is like those ruins which smash themselves on what they fall.

Anger is like those ruins which smash themselves on what they fall.

The sun also shines on the wicked

The sun also shines on the wicked

Economy is too late at the bottom of the purse

Economy is too late at the bottom of the purse

To forgive all is as inhuman as to forgive none

To forgive all is as inhuman as to forgive none

The courts of kings are full of men, empty of friends.

The courts of kings are full of men, empty of friends.

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.

There is no great genius without some touch of madness.

There is no great genius without some touch of madness.

Tis a human trait to hate one you have wronged

Tis a human trait to hate one you have wronged

Nothing is as certain as that the vices of leisure are gotten rid of by...

Nothing is as certain as that the vices of leisure are gotten rid of by...

Never give advice - sell it

Never give advice - sell it

Good advice is something a man gives when he is too old to set a...

Good advice is something a man gives when he is too old to set a...

I have no interest in Shakespeare and all that British nonsense... I just wanted to...

I have no interest in Shakespeare and all that British nonsense... I just wanted to...