Nothing is more hateful to wisdom than to much cunning.
SENECA THE YOUNGERWhat others think of us would be of little moment did it not, when known, so deeply tinge what we think of ourselves.
More Seneca the Younger Quotes
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It is medicine, not scenery, for which a sick man must go searching.
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You cannot, I repeat, successfully acquire it and preserve your modesty at the same time.
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Injustice never rules forever.
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We ought to take outdoor walks, to refresh and raise our spirits by deep breathing in the open air.
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There has not been any great talent without an element of madness. -Nullum magnum ingenium sine mixtura dementiae fuit
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Those griefs burn most which gall in secret.
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Philosophy does not regard pedigree, she received Plato not as a noble, but she made him one.
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Let him that hath done the good office conceal it; let him that received it disclose it.
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The shortest road to wealth lies in the contempt of wealth.
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The part of life which we really live is short.
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That day which you fear as being the end of all things is the birthday of your eternity.
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Disease is not of the body but of the place.
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Be silent as to services you have rendered, but speak of favours you have received.
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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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Indolence is stagnation; employment is life.
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