Conversation has a kind of charm about it, an insuating and insidious something that elicits secrets from us just like love or liquor.
SENECA THE YOUNGERThere is none made so great, but he may both need the help and service, and stand in fear of the power and unkindness, even of the meanest of mortals.
More Seneca the Younger Quotes
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A large library is apt to distract rather than to instruct the learner; it is much better to be confined to a few authors than to wander at random over many.
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No untroubled day has ever dawned for me.
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People do not die – they kill themselves.
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He who repents of having sinned is almost innocent.
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There is nothing wrong with changing a plan when the situation has changed.
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Choose as a guide one whom you will admire more when you see him act than when you hear him speak.
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Slavery holds few men fast; the greater number hold fast their slavery.
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Nothing is more hateful to wisdom than to much cunning.
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The first proof of a well-ordered mind is to be able to pause and linger within itself.
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Whatever begins, also ends.
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What was hard to suffer is sweet to remember.
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Luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity.
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You cannot escape necessities, but you can overcome them.
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Epileptics know by signs when attacks are imminent and take precautions accordingly; we must do the same in regard to anger
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The shortest road to wealth lies in the contempt of wealth.
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