Success is not greedy, as people think, but insignificant. That is why it satisfies nobody.
SENECA THE YOUNGERWho-only let him be a man and intent upon honor-is not eager for the honorable ordeal and prompt to assume perilous duties? To what energetic man is not idleness a punishment?
More Seneca the Younger Quotes
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What was hard to suffer is sweet to remember.
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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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Genius always gives its best at first; prudence, at last.
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Those griefs burn most which gall in secret.
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The thing that matters is not what you bear, but how you bear it
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Death is a punishment to some, to others a gift and to many a favour.
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Revenge is an inhuman word.
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Ignorant people see life as either existence or non-existence, but wise men see it beyond both existence and non-existence to something that transcends them both; this is an observation of the Middle Way.
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People do not die – they kill themselves.
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Luck never made a man wise.
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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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The young man must store up, the old man must use.
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Tranqility is a certain quality of mind, which no condition or fortune can either exalt or depress.
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Where fear is, happiness is not.
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The greatest man is he who chooses right with the most invincible resolution.
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