Greatness stands upon a precipice, and if prosperity carries a man never so little beyond his poise, it overbears and dashes him to pieces.
SENECA THE YOUNGERHe who has made a fair compact with poverty is rich.
More Seneca the Younger Quotes
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The worse a person is the less he feels it.
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They lose the day in expectation of the night, and the night in fear of the dawn.
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All art is but imitation of nature.
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While we are postponing, life speeds by.
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Death either destroys or unhusks us. If it means liberation, better things await us when our burden s gone: if destruction, nothing at all awaits us; blessings and curses are abolished.
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Injustice never rules forever.
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Nobody becomes guilty by fate.
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Light cares cry out; the great ones still are dumb.
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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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Genius always gives its best at first; prudence, at last.
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Tota vita nihil aliud quam ad mortem iter est. The whole of life is nothing but a journey to death.
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Choose as a guide one whom you will admire more when you see him act than when you hear him speak.
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Epileptics know by signs when attacks are imminent and take precautions accordingly; we must do the same in regard to anger
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Fate leads the willing, and drags along the reluctant.
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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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