There is no greater punishment of wickedness that that it is dissatisfied with itself and its deeds.
SENECA THE YOUNGERThe language of truth is unvarnished enough.
More Seneca the Younger Quotes
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He who is brave is free.
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The Fates guide those who go willingly. Those who do not, they drag.
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Epicurus says, “gratitude is a virtue that has commonly profit annexed to it.” And where is the virtue that has not? But still the virtue is to be valued for itself, and not for the profit that attends it.
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Where fear is, happiness is not.
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A sword by itself does not slay; it is merely the weapon used by the slayer.
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The greater part of progress is the desire to progress.
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It is medicine, not scenery, for which a sick man must go searching.
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There is nothing wrong with changing a plan when the situation has changed.
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It is more fitting for a man to laugh at life than to lament over it.
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That which has been endured with difficulty is remedied with delight.
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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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As long as you live, learn how to live.
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The hour which gives us life begins to take it away.
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Unblest is he who thinks himself unblest.
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Leisure without literature is death and burial alive.
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