There has not been any great talent without an element of madness. -Nullum magnum ingenium sine mixtura dementiae fuit
SENECA THE YOUNGERWhy do I not seek some real good; one which I could feel, not one which I could display?
More Seneca the Younger Quotes
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Such 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.
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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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Nobody will keep the thing he hears to himself, and nobody will repeat just what he hears and no more.
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To govern was to serve, not to rule.
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Virtue with some is nothing but successful temerity.
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Religion is regarded by the common people as true, by the wise as false, and by rulers as useful.
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The young man must store up, the old man must use.
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Tota vita nihil aliud quam ad mortem iter est. The whole of life is nothing but a journey to death.
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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.
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Be silent as to services you have rendered, but speak of favours you have received.
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So live with men as if God saw you and speak to God, as if men heard you.
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He who is brave is free.
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Leisure without literature is death and burial alive.
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The intellect must not be kept at consistent tension, but diverted by pastimes…. The mind must have relaxation, and will rise stronger and keener after recreation.
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There is the need for someone against which our characters can measure themselves. Without a ruler, you won’t make the crooked straight.
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