His head was turned by too great success.
SENECA THE YOUNGERThe sun shines even on the wicked.
More Seneca the Younger Quotes
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In whatever direction you turn, you will see God coming to meet you; nothing is void of him, he himself fills all his work.
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The point is, not how long you live, but how nobly you live.
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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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Shall I tell you what the real evil is? To cringe to the things that are called evils, to surrender to them our freedom, in defiance of which we ought to face any suffering.
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Reason wishes that the judgement it gives be just; anger wishes that the judgement it has given seem to be just.
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Nothing is more hateful to wisdom than to much cunning.
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Where fear is, happiness is not.
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The true felicity of life is to be free from anxieties and pertubations; to understand and do our duties to God and man, and to enjoy the present without any serious dependence on the future.
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If you wish to be loved, love.
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The first step towards amendment is the recognition of error.
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Indolence is stagnation; employment is life.
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The mind unlearns with difficulty what it has long learned.
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While we are postponing, life speeds by.
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Drunkenness doesn’t create vices, but it brings them to the fore.
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We have not to talk, but to steer the vessel.
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