Drunkenness is simply voluntary insanity.
SENECA THE YOUNGEREpicurus says, “gratitude is a virtue that has commonly profit annexed to it.” And where is the virtue that has not? But still the virtue is to be valued for itself, and not for the profit that attends it.
More Seneca the Younger Quotes
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It is by the benefit of letters that absent friends are in a manner brought together.
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He who receives a benefit with gratitude, repays the first installment of it.
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What progress have I made? I am beginning to be my own friend. That is progress indeed
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His head was turned by too great success.
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What others think of us would be of little moment did it not, when known, so deeply tinge what we think of ourselves.
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The true felicity of life is to be free from anxieties and pertubations; to understand and do our duties to God and man, and to enjoy the present without any serious dependence on the future.
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The Best sign of Wisdom is the consistency between the words and deeds.
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We become wiser by adversity; prosperity destroys our appreciation of the right.” “True happiness is … to enjoy the present” “It is not because things are difficult that we do not dare; it is because we do not dare that they are difficult.
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There’s one blessing only, the source and cornerstone of beatitude: confidence in self.
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What must be shall be; and that which is a necessity to him that struggles, is little more than choice to him that is willing.
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The chief bond of the soldier is his oath of allegiance and love for the flag.
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He grieves more than is necessary who grieves before any cause for sorrow has arisen.
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Be not too hasty either with praise or blame; speak always as though you were giving evidence before the judgement-seat of the Gods.
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There is more heroism in self-denial than in deeds of arms.
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He that lays down precepts for the governing of our lives, and moderating our passions, obliges humanity not only in the present, but in all future generations.
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