Drunkenness doesn’t create vices, but it brings them to the fore.
SENECA THE YOUNGERYou want to live-but do you know how to live? You are scared of dying-and, tell me, is the kind of life you lead really any different from being dead?
More Seneca the Younger Quotes
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Its harder for people to seek retirement from themselves than from the law
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Everything that exceeds the bounds of moderation has an unstable foundation.
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The kind of solace that arises from having company in misery is spiteful.
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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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Difficulties strengthen the mind, as labor does the body.
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This body is not a home, but an inn; and that only for a short time.
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I had rather never receive a kindness than never bestow one.
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The mind is never right but when it is at peace within itself.
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Greatness stands upon a precipice, and if prosperity carries a man never so little beyond his poise, it overbears and dashes him to pieces.
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Our words should aim not to please, but to help.
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They lose the day in expectation of the night, and the night in fear of the dawn.
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Light is that grief which counsel can allay.
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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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If you are wise, You will mingle one thing with the other- Not hoping without doubt; Not doubting without hope.
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Courage leads to heaven; fear leads to death.
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