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 YOUNGERShall I tell you what philosophy holds out to humanity? Counsel…You are called in to help the unhappy.
More Seneca the Younger Quotes
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Luck is preparation multiplied by opportunity.
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What view is one likely to take of the state of a person’s mind when his speech is wild and incoherent and knows no constraint?
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People do not die – they kill themselves.
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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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They lose the day in expectation of the night, and the night in fear of the dawn.
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What progress have I made? I am beginning to be my own friend. That is progress indeed
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Prudence will punish to prevent crime, not to avenge it.
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To live is not a blessing, but to live well.
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If you judge, investigate.
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Unblest is he who thinks himself unblest.
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Injustice never rules forever.
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On him does death lie heavily, who, but too well known to all, dies to himself unknown.
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Virtue with some is nothing but successful temerity.
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Reason wishes that the judgement it gives be just; anger wishes that the judgement it has given seem to be just.
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You learn to know a pilot in a storm.
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