Where fear is, happiness is not.
SENECA THE YOUNGERTo be feared is to fear. No one has been able to strike terror into others and at the same time enjoy peace of mind.
More Seneca the Younger Quotes
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Such as the chain of causes we call Fate, such is the chain of wishes: one links on to another; the whole man is bound in the chain of wishing for ever.
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No man is more unhappy than he who never faces adversity. For he is not permitted to prove himself.
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Happy is the man who can endure the highest and lowest fortune. He who has endured such vicissitudes with equanimity has deprived misfortune of its power.
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Light is that grief which counsel can allay.
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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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Where reason fails, time oft has worked a cure.
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Whenever you hold a fellow creature in distress, remember that he is a man.
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Vice may be learnt, even without a teacher
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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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Successful villany is called virtue.
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That loss is most discreditable which is caused by negligence.
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He who repents of having sinned is almost innocent.
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Time discovers truth.
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There is as much greatness of mind in acknowledging a good turn, as in doing it.
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Virtue with some is nothing but successful temerity.
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