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 repents of having sinned is almost innocent.
More Seneca the Younger Quotes
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The Best sign of Wisdom is the consistency between the words and deeds.
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Precepts are the rules by which we ought to square our lives. When they are contracted into sentences, they strike the affections; whereas admonition is only blowing of the coal.
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There is no genius without a mixture of madness.
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The part of life which we really live is short.
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There is as much greatness of mind in acknowledging a good turn, as in doing it.
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But when you are looking on anyone as a friend when you do not trust him as you trust yourself, you are making a grave mistake, and have failed to grasp sufficiently the full force of true friendship.
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Don’t stumble over something behind you.
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The man who while he gives thinks of what he will get in return, deserves to be deceived.
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It’s a vice to trust all, and equally a vice to trust none.
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The sun shines even on the wicked.
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To live is not a blessing, but to live well.
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Everything that exceeds the bounds of moderation has an unstable foundation.
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Who timidly requests invites refusal.
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A great fortune is a great slavery.
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I had rather never receive a kindness than never bestow one.
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