To the believers it is true. To the wise it is false. To the leaders it is useful.
SENECA THE YOUNGERIt is safer to offend certain men than it is to oblige them; for as proof that they owe nothing they seek recourse in hatred.
More Seneca the Younger Quotes
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It’s a vice to trust all, and equally a vice to trust none.
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True happiness is…to enjoy the present, without anxious dependence upon the future.
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It is quality rather than quantity that matters.
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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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Death is a release from and an end of all pains.
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Misfortune is the test of a person’s merit.
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Successful villany is called virtue.
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The sun shines even on the wicked.
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A person’s fears are lighter when the danger is at hand.
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Truth will never be tedious unto him that travelleth in the secrets of nature; there is nothing but falsehood that glutteth us.
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If God adds another day to our life, let us receive it gladly.
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The foundation of the true joy is in the conscience.
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Genius has never been accepted without a measure of condonement.
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Desultory reading is delightful, but to be beneficial, our reading must be carefully directed.
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In the meantime, cling tooth and nail to the following rule: not to give in to adversity, not to trust prosperity, and always take full note of fortune’s habit of behaving just as she pleases.
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