There is no greater punishment of wickedness that that it is dissatisfied with itself and its deeds.
SENECA THE YOUNGERLuck never made a man wise.
More Seneca the Younger Quotes
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I am like a book, with pages that have stuck together for want of use: my mind needs unpacking and the truths stored within must be turned over from time to time, to be ready when occasion demands.
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The first step towards amendment is the recognition of error.
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The shortest road to wealth lies in the contempt of wealth.
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He who comes to a conclusion when the other side is unheard, may have been just in his conclusion, but yet has not been just in his conduct.
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Where fear is, happiness is not.
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Light is that grief which counsel can allay.
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Light cares cry out; the great ones still are dumb.
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It is a world of mischief that may be done by a single example of avarice or luxury. One voluptuous palate makes many more.
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Nothing is as certain as that the vices of leisure are gotten rid of by being busy.
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If God adds another day to our life, let us receive it gladly.
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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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If we desire to judge justly, we must persuade ourselves that none of us is without sin.
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Death either destroys or unhusks us. If it means liberation, better things await us when our burden s gone: if destruction, nothing at all awaits us; blessings and curses are abolished.
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Genius has never been accepted without a measure of condonement.
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We have lost morals, justice, honor, piety and faith, and that sense of shame which, once lost, can never be restored.
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