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 YOUNGERHe that will do no good offices after a disappointment must stand still, and do just nothing at all. The plough goes on after a barren year; and while the ashes are yet warm, we raise a new house upon the ruins of a former.
More Seneca the Younger Quotes
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It’s not that we have a short time to live, but that we waste a lot of it.
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The wise man lacked nothing but needed a great number of things, whereas the fool, on the other hand, needs nothing (for he does not know how to use anything) but lacks everything.
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Every journey has an end.
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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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Unblest is he who thinks himself unblest.
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What narrow innocence it is for one to be good only according to the law.
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There has not been any great talent without an element of madness. -Nullum magnum ingenium sine mixtura dementiae fuit
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When once ambition has passed its natural limits, its progress is boundless.
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Fate leads the willing, and drags along the reluctant.
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The point is, not how long you live, but how nobly you live.
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If a man knows not to which port he sails, no wind is favorable.
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He who would arrive at the appointed end must follow a single road and not wander through many ways.
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He who comes to a conclusion when the other side is unheard, may have been just in his conclusion, but yet has not been just in his conduct.
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If God adds another day to our life, let us receive it gladly.
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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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