Drunkenness is simply voluntary insanity.
SENECA THE YOUNGERDeath is a release from and an end of all pains.
More Seneca the Younger Quotes
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Every new beginning comes from some other beginning’s end.
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It is safer to offend certain men than it is to oblige them; for as proof that they owe nothing they seek recourse in hatred.
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Desultory reading is delightful, but to be beneficial, our reading must be carefully directed.
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It’s a vice to trust all, and equally a vice to trust none.
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A great step towards independence is a good-humored stomach, one that is willing to endure rough treatment.
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There is nothing wrong with changing a plan when the situation has changed.
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It is the mind that makes us rich and happy, in what condition soever we are, and money signifies no more to it than it does to the gods.
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Death is a punishment to some, to others a gift and to many a favour.
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Shall I tell you what philosophy holds out to humanity? Counsel…You are called in to help the unhappy.
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A thousand approaches lie open to death.
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Of war men ask the outcome, not the cause.
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Light cares cry out; the great ones still are dumb.
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There’s one blessing only, the source and cornerstone of beatitude: confidence in self.
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The world itself is too small for the covetous.
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Freedom can’t be kept for nothing. If you set a high value on liberty, you must set a low value on everything else.
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