He grieves more than is necessary who grieves before any cause for sorrow has arisen.
SENECA THE YOUNGERHe who repents of having sinned is almost innocent.
More Seneca the Younger Quotes
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There has not been any great talent without an element of madness. -Nullum magnum ingenium sine mixtura dementiae fuit
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The Fates guide those who go willingly. Those who do not, they drag.
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The mind unlearns with difficulty what it has long learned.
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Successful villany is called virtue.
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What is more insane than to vent on senseless things the anger that is felt towards men?
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It is more fitting for a man to laugh at life than to lament over it.
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Luck is preparation multiplied by opportunity.
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Unjust dominion cannot be eternal.
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The wise man will always reflect concerning the quality not the quantity of life.
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No one can be despised by another until he has learned to despise himself.
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A large library is apt to distract rather than to instruct the learner; it is much better to be confined to a few authors than to wander at random over many.
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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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Genius always gives its best at first; prudence, at last.
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To the believers it is true. To the wise it is false. To the leaders it is useful.
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It’s a vice to trust all, and equally a vice to trust none.
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