His head was turned by too great success.
SENECA THE YOUNGERWhere reason fails, time oft has worked a cure.
More Seneca the Younger Quotes
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The most imperious masters over their own servants are at the same time the most abject slaves to the servants of others.
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Who-only let him be a man and intent upon honor-is not eager for the honorable ordeal and prompt to assume perilous duties? To what energetic man is not idleness a punishment?
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Leisure without literature is death and burial alive.
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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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It’s the admirer and the watcher who provoke us to all the inanities we commit.
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No one can be despised by another until he has learned to despise himself.
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All art is but imitation of nature.
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Luck is preparation multiplied by opportunity.
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Revenge is an inhuman word.
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There’s no delight in owning anything unshared.
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What others think of us would be of little moment did it not, when known, so deeply tinge what we think of ourselves.
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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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It is easier to grow in dignity than to make a start.
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Death is a punishment to some, to others a gift and to many a favour.
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A thousand approaches lie open to death.
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