The wise man lacked nothing but needed a great number of things, whereas the fool, on the other hand, needs nothing (for he does not know how to use anything) but lacks everything.
SENECA THE YOUNGERSuch as the chain of causes we call Fate, such is the chain of wishes: one links on to another; the whole man is bound in the chain of wishing for ever.
More Seneca the Younger Quotes
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Genius always gives its best at first; prudence, at last.
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Light is that grief which counsel can allay.
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Virtue with some is nothing but successful temerity.
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Men learn while they teach.
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May be is very well, but Must is the master. It is my duty to show justice without recompense.
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The expression of truth is simplicity.
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A person’s fears are lighter when the danger is at hand.
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We ought to take outdoor walks, to refresh and raise our spirits by deep breathing in the open air.
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How much better to pursue a straight course and eventually reach that destination where the things that are pleasant are the things that are honorable finally become, for you, the same.
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Who shrinks from knowledge of his calamities but aggravates his fear; troubles half seen, shall torture all the more.
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Light is that grief which counsel can allay.
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Go on and increase in valor, O boy! this is the path to immortality.
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It is the mind that makes us rich and happy, in what condition soever we are, and money signifies no more to it than it does to the gods.
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It’s the admirer and the watcher who provoke us to all the inanities we commit.
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He who has great power should use it lightly.
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