There has not been any great talent without an element of madness. -Nullum magnum ingenium sine mixtura dementiae fuit
SENECA THE YOUNGERWhile crime is punished it yet increases.
More Seneca the Younger Quotes
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To be enslaved to oneself is the heaviest of all servitudes.-
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A sword by itself does not slay; it is merely the weapon used by the slayer.
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Let the weary at length possess quiet rest.
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If a man knows not to which port he sails, no wind is favorable.
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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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The comfort of having a friend may be taken away, but not that of having had one.
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Wealth is the slave of a wise man. The master of a fool.
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Difficulties strengthen the mind, as labor does the body.
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God is near you, is with you, is inside you.
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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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For many men, the acquisition of wealth does not end their troubles, it only changes them.
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How much does great prosperity overspread the mind with darkness.
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The worse a person is the less he feels it.
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Precepts are the rules by which we ought to square our lives. When they are contracted into sentences, they strike the affections; whereas admonition is only blowing of the coal.
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The road by precepts is tedious, by example, short and efficacious.
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