Ignorant people see life as either existence or non-existence, but wise men see it beyond both existence and non-existence to something that transcends them both; this is an observation of the Middle Way.
SENECA THE YOUNGERSuccess is not greedy, as people think, but insignificant. That is why it satisfies nobody.
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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Unblest is he who thinks himself unblest.
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I am ashamed of my master and not of my servitude.
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The young man must store up, the old man must use.
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There is nothing wrong with changing a plan when the situation has changed.
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It is by the benefit of letters that absent friends are in a manner brought together.
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What you do for an ungrateful man is thrown away.
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You can only acquire it successfully if you cease to feel any sense of shame.
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The point is, not how long you live, but how nobly you live.
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Go on and increase in valor, O boy! this is the path to immortality.
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Difficulties strengthen the mind, as labor does the body.
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Successful villany is called virtue.
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To forgive all is as inhuman as to forgive none
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Who-only let him be a man and intent upon honor-is not eager for the honorable ordeal and prompt to assume perilous duties? To what energetic man is not idleness a punishment?
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One hand washes the other.
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