Why do people not confess vices? It is because they have not yet laid them aside. It is a waking person only who can tell their dreams.
SENECA THE YOUNGERThere’s one blessing only, the source and cornerstone of beatitude: confidence in self.
More Seneca the Younger Quotes
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He who has great power should use it lightly.
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There is nothing in the world so much admired as a man who knows how to bear unhappiness with courage.
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Human society is like an arch, kept from falling by the mutual pressure of its parts
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It is the fault of youth that it cannot restrain its own impetuosity.
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You can only acquire it successfully if you cease to feel any sense of shame.
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Success is not greedy, as people think, but insignificant. That is why it satisfies nobody.
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Go on and increase in valor, O boy! this is the path to immortality.
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The vices of idleness are only to be shaken off by active employment.
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Revenge is an inhuman word.
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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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If a man knows not to which port he sails, no wind is favorable.
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It is medicine, not scenery, for which a sick man must go searching.
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No crime has been without a precedent.
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Misfortune is the test of a person’s merit.
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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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