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Seneca Quotes

«A hungry people listens not to reason, nor cares for justice, nor is bent by any prayers»
Author: Seneca | Keywords: bent, listens, prayers
«A well-governed appetite is a great part of liberty»
Author: Seneca | About: Liberty | Keywords: appetite, governed
«A punishment to some, to some a gift, and to many a favor»
Author: Seneca | About: Gifts
«A coward like this deserves to have his life prolonged»
Author: Seneca
«Modesty once extinguished knows not how to return»
Author: Seneca | About: Modesty | Keywords: extinguished
«I've been mixing with humanity today and feel the less humane in consequence»
Author: Seneca | Keywords: humane, mixing
«The man who does something under orders is not unhappy; he is unhappy who does something against his will»
Author: Seneca
«Let him that hath done the good office conceal it; let him that hath received it disclose it»
«In war there is no prize for runner-up.»
Author: Seneca | Keywords: runner, runners, runner up, The Runner
«The pleasures of the palate deal with us like the Egyptian thieves, who strangle those whom they embrace»
Author: Seneca | Keywords: Egyptian, palate, palates, strangle