Of war men ask the outcome, not the cause.
SENECA THE YOUNGEROne who’s our friend is fond of us; one who’s fond of us isn’t necessarily our friend.
More Seneca the Younger Quotes
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Believe me, that was a happy age, before the days of architects, before the days of builders.
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There is no genius without a mixture of madness.
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As the soil, however rich it may be, cannot be productive without cultivation, so the mind without culture can never produce good fruit
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Hardly a man will you find who could live with his door open.
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The kind of solace that arises from having company in misery is spiteful.
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I was not born for one corner. The whole world is my native land.
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If you expect the wise man to be as angry as the baseness of crimes requires, then he must not only be angry but go insane.
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For many men, the acquisition of wealth does not end their troubles, it only changes them.
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Associate with people who are likely to improve you.
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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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There is none made so great, but he may both need the help and service, and stand in fear of the power and unkindness, even of the meanest of mortals.
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I persist on praising not the life I lead, but that which I ought to lead. I follow it at a mighty distance, crawling
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The intellect must not be kept at consistent tension, but diverted by pastimes…. The mind must have relaxation, and will rise stronger and keener after recreation.
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To govern was to serve, not to rule.
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Bear in mind that you commit a crime by injuring even a wicked brother.
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