Success is not greedy, as people think, but insignificant. That is why it satisfies nobody.
SENECA THE YOUNGERThere is as much greatness of mind in acknowledging a good turn, as in doing it.
More Seneca the Younger Quotes
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Behold a contest worthy of a god, a brave man matched in conflict with adversity.
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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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The part of life which we really live is short.
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Nobody becomes guilty by fate.
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Time hath often cured the wound which reason failed to heal.
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If a man knows not to which port he sails, no wind is favorable.
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The sun shines even on the wicked.
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Men learn while they teach.
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He that lays down precepts for the governing of our lives, and moderating our passions, obliges humanity not only in the present, but in all future generations.
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There is no greater punishment of wickedness that that it is dissatisfied with itself and its deeds.
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I have withdrawn not only from men, but from affairs, especially my own affairs; I am working for later generations, writing down some ideas that may be of assistance to them.
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There is no genius without a mixture of madness.
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What was hard to suffer is sweet to remember.
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Truth will never be tedious unto him that travelleth in the secrets of nature; there is nothing but falsehood that glutteth us.
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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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