Success is not greedy, as people think, but insignificant. That is why it satisfies nobody.
SENECA THE YOUNGERDeath is a release from and an end of all pains.
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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There is no greater punishment of wickedness that that it is dissatisfied with itself and its deeds.
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Those griefs burn most which gall in secret.
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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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Every new beginning comes from some other beginning’s end.
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The comfort of having a friend may be taken away, but not that of having had one.
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Light is that grief which counsel can allay.
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All my life I have been seeking to climb out of the pit of my besetting sins and I cannot do it and I never will unless a hand is let down to draw me up.
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Men do not care how nobly they live, but only how long, although it is within the reach of every man to live nobly, but within no man’s power to live long.
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Freedom can’t be kept for nothing. If you set a high value on liberty, you must set a low value on everything else.
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It is safer to offend certain men than it is to oblige them; for as proof that they owe nothing they seek recourse in hatred.
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Auditur et altera pars. (The other side shall be heard as well.)
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In the meantime, cling tooth and nail to the following rule: not to give in to adversity, not to trust prosperity, and always take full note of fortune’s habit of behaving just as she pleases.
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Be silent as to services you have rendered, but speak of favours you have received.
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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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