He grieves more than is necessary who grieves before any cause for sorrow has arisen.
SENECA THE YOUNGERThe hour which gives us life begins to take it away.
More Seneca the Younger Quotes
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Greatness stands upon a precipice, and if prosperity carries a man never so little beyond his poise, it overbears and dashes him to pieces.
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To be always fortunate, and to pass through life with a soul that has never known sorrow, is to be ignorant of one half of nature.
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The Best sign of Wisdom is the consistency between the words and deeds.
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It is the sign of a weak mind to be unable to bear wealth.
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It’s the admirer and the watcher who provoke us to all the inanities we commit.
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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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The point is, not how long you live, but how nobly you live.
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There’s no delight in owning anything unshared.
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What madness it is for a man to starve himself to enrich his heir, and so turn a friend into an enemy! For his joy at your death will be proportioned to what you leave him.
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A sword by itself does not slay; it is merely the weapon used by the slayer.
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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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Hardly a man will you find who could live with his door open.
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Successful crime is dignified with the name of virtue; the good become the slaves of the wicked; might makes right; fear silences the power of the law.
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If we desire to judge justly, we must persuade ourselves that none of us is without sin.
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Death is a punishment to some, to others a gift and to many a favour.
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