He who would arrive at the appointed end must follow a single road and not wander through many ways.
SENECA THE YOUNGERTrue joy is a serene and sober motion; and they are miserably out so that take laughing for rejoicing; the seat of it is within, and there is no cheerfulness like the resolutions of a brave mind.
More Seneca the Younger Quotes
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A great fortune is a great slavery.
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Fate leads the willing, and drags along the reluctant.
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Drunkenness does not create vice; it merely brings it into view.
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Injustice never rules forever.
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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 has never been accepted without a measure of condonement.
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The worse a person is the less he feels it.
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The intellect must not be kept at consistent tension, but diverted by pastimes…. The mind must have relaxation, and will rise stronger and keener after recreation.
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The shortest road to wealth lies in the contempt of wealth.
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Successful villany is called virtue.
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There is more heroism in self-denial than in deeds of arms.
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To forgive all is as inhuman as to forgive none
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The greatest man is he who chooses right with the most invincible resolution.
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It’s a vice to trust all, and equally a vice to trust none.
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Who timidly requests invites refusal.
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