Although a man has so well purged his mind that nothing can trouble or deceive him any more, yet he reached his present innocence through sin.
SENECA THE YOUNGERDeath is a punishment to some, to others a gift and to many a favour.
More Seneca the Younger Quotes
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What should a wise person do when given a blow? Same as Cato when he was attacked; not fire up or revenge the insult., or even return the blow, but simply ignore it.
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Those who boast of their descent, brag on what they owe to others.
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The language of truth is unvarnished enough.
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We are taught for the schoolroom, not for life.
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The road by precepts is tedious, by example, short and efficacious.
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One crime has to be concealed by another.
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Our words should aim not to please, but to help.
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Those whom true love has held, it will go on holding.
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It is expedient for the victor to wish for peace restored; for the vanquished it is necessary.
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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 greater part of progress is the desire to progress.
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What view is one likely to take of the state of a person’s mind when his speech is wild and incoherent and knows no constraint?
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Luck never made a man wise.
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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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Disease is not of the body but of the place.
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