Virtue needs a director and guide. Vice can be learned even without a teacher.
SENECA THE YOUNGERGreatness stands upon a precipice, and if prosperity carries a man never so little beyond his poise, it overbears and dashes him to pieces.
More Seneca the Younger Quotes
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Genius has never been accepted without a measure of condonement.
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God is near you, is with you, is inside you.
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The hour which gives us life begins to take it away.
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There is nothing more miserable and foolish than anticipation.
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We should live as if we were in public view, and think, too, as if someone could peer into the inmost recesses of our hearts-which someone can!
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He grieves more than is necessary who grieves before any cause for sorrow has arisen.
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The shortest road to wealth lies in the contempt of wealth.
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Tranqility is a certain quality of mind, which no condition or fortune can either exalt or depress.
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The language of truth is unvarnished enough.
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Watch over yourself. Be your own accuser, then your judge; ask yourself grace sometimes, and, if there is need, impose upon yourself some pain.
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As long as you live, learn how to live.
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Nobody will keep the thing he hears to himself, and nobody will repeat just what he hears and no more.
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Drunkenness doesn’t create vices, but it brings them to the fore.
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One hand washes the other.
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If God adds another day to our life, let us receive it gladly.
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