He who has fostered the sweet poison of love by fondling it, finds it too late to refuse the yoke which he has of his own accord assumed.
SENECA THE YOUNGERWealth is the slave of a wise man. The master of a fool.
More Seneca the Younger Quotes
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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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True happiness is…to enjoy the present, without anxious dependence upon the future.
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Success is not greedy, as people think, but insignificant. That is why it satisfies nobody.
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In every good man a God doth dwell.
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Drunkenness does not create vice; it merely brings it into view.
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It is to the interest of the commonwealth of mankind that there should be someone who is unconquered, someone against whom fortune has no power.
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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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The comfort of having a friend may be taken away, but not that of having had one.
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Desultory reading is delightful, but to be beneficial, our reading must be carefully directed.
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Nothing is more hateful to wisdom than to much cunning.
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Our (the Stoic) motto, as you know, is live according to nature.
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A young man respects and looks up to his teachers.
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There is none made so great, but he may both need the help and service, and stand in fear of the power and unkindness, even of the meanest of mortals.
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Where fear is, happiness is not.
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To the believers it is true. To the wise it is false. To the leaders it is useful.
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