There is no greater punishment of wickedness that that it is dissatisfied with itself and its deeds.
SENECA THE YOUNGERWhat 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?
More Seneca the Younger Quotes
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No man is more unhappy than he who never faces adversity. For he is not permitted to prove himself.
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Wealth is the slave of a wise man. The master of a fool.
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Genius has never been accepted without a measure of condonement.
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Enjoy present pleasures in such a way as not to injure future ones.
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If you are wise, You will mingle one thing with the other- Not hoping without doubt; Not doubting without hope.
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The swiftness of time is infinite, as is still more evident when we look back on the past.
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Tota vita nihil aliud quam ad mortem iter est. The whole of life is nothing but a journey to death.
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Genius always gives its best at first; prudence, at last.
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Leisure without literature is death and burial alive.
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Let the weary at length possess quiet rest.
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To live is not a blessing, but to live well.
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The philosopher: he alone knows how to live for himself. He is the one, in fact, who knows the fundamental thing: how to live.
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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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Luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity.
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The thing that matters is not what you bear, but how you bear it
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