Unjust dominion cannot be eternal.
SENECA THE YOUNGERThere is nothing more miserable and foolish than anticipation.
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 worse a person is the less he feels it.
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A person’s fears are lighter when the danger is at hand.
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Who timidly requests invites refusal.
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Bear in mind that you commit a crime by injuring even a wicked brother.
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Those whom true love has held, it will go on holding.
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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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For men in a state of freedom had thatch for their shelter, while slavery dwells beneath marble and gold.
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Revenge is an inhuman word.
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Genius always gives its best at first; prudence, at last.
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The mind is never right but when it is at peace within itself; the soul is in heaven even while it is in the flesh, if it be purged of its natural corruptions, and taken up with divine thoughts, and contemplations.
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Greatness stands upon a precipice, and if prosperity carries a man never so little beyond his poise, it overbears and dashes him to pieces.
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It’s not that we have a short time to live, but that we waste a lot of it.
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It is the sign of a weak mind to be unable to bear wealth.
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Light cares cry out; the great ones still are dumb.
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