Wisdom allows nothing to be good that will not be so forever; no man to be happy but he that needs no other happiness than what he has within himself; no man to be great or powerful that is not master of himself.
SENECA THE YOUNGEREven after a bad harvest there must be sowing.
More Seneca the Younger Quotes
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Time discovers truth.
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Men do not care how nobly they live, but only how long, although it is within the reach of every man to live nobly, but within no man’s power to live long.
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Demand not that I am the equal of the greatest, only that I am better than the wicked.
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Unjust dominion cannot be eternal.
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You can only acquire it successfully if you cease to feel any sense of shame.
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He that will do no good offices after a disappointment must stand still, and do just nothing at all. The plough goes on after a barren year; and while the ashes are yet warm, we raise a new house upon the ruins of a former.
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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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Luck is preparation multiplied by opportunity.
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There is no easy way from the earth to the stars.
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When one is friend on himself, also is friend of everybody.
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Revenge is an inhuman word.
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Drunkenness does not create vice; it merely brings it into view.
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It is quality rather than quantity that matters.
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He who repents of having sinned is almost innocent.
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What narrow innocence it is for one to be good only according to the law.
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