There is as much greatness of mind in acknowledging a good turn, as in doing it.
SENECA THE YOUNGEREverything that exceeds the bounds of moderation has an unstable foundation.
More Seneca the Younger Quotes
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One crime has to be concealed by another.
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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.
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That day which you fear as being the end of all things is the birthday of your eternity.
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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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Men learn while they teach.
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Whenever you hold a fellow creature in distress, remember that he is a man.
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You learn to know a pilot in a storm.
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There has not been any great talent without an element of madness. -Nullum magnum ingenium sine mixtura dementiae fuit
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There’s no delight in owning anything unshared.
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Why do I not seek some real good; one which I could feel, not one which I could display?
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Be harsh with yourself at times.
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There’s no delight in owning anything unshared.
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No man finds it difficult to return to nature except the man who has deserted nature.
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Although a man has so well purged his mind that nothing can trouble or deceive him any more, yet he reached his present innocence through sin.
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What should a wise person do when given a blow? Same as Cato when he was attacked; not fire up or revenge the insult., or even return the blow, but simply ignore it.
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