Those griefs burn most which gall in secret.
SENECA THE YOUNGERGenius has never been accepted without a measure of condonement.
More Seneca the Younger Quotes
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To be always fortunate, and to pass through life with a soul that has never known sorrow, is to be ignorant of one half of nature.
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Hesitation is the best cure for anger. The first blows of anger are heavy, but if it waits, it will think again.
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A person’s fears are lighter when the danger is at hand.
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Nothing is more hateful to wisdom than to much cunning.
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Everything that exceeds the bounds of moderation has an unstable foundation.
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Desultory reading is delightful, but to be beneficial, our reading must be carefully directed.
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That loss is most discreditable which is caused by negligence.
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Reasons for anxiety will never be lacking, whether born of prosperity or of wretchedness; life pushes on in a succession of engrossments. We shall always pray for leisure.
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No crime has been without a precedent.
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After death there is nothing.
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What you do for an ungrateful man is thrown away.
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I am like a book, with pages that have stuck together for want of use: my mind needs unpacking and the truths stored within must be turned over from time to time, to be ready when occasion demands.
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When you see a man in distress, recognize him as a fellow man.
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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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The greatest man is he who chooses right with the most invincible resolution.
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