Genius has never been accepted without a measure of condonement.
SENECA THE YOUNGERThe language of truth is unvarnished enough.
More Seneca the Younger Quotes
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Luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity.
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Consider, when you are enraged at any one, what you would probably think if he should die during the dispute.
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It’s the admirer and the watcher who provoke us to all the inanities we commit.
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A young man respects and looks up to his teachers.
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Four things does a reckless man gain who covets his neighbor’s wife – demerit, an uncomfortable bed, thirdly, punishment, and lastly, hell.
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It is the sign of a weak mind to be unable to bear wealth.
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Desultory reading is delightful, but to be beneficial, our reading must be carefully directed.
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The first step towards amendment is the recognition of error.
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Misfortune is the test of a person’s merit.
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If we desire to judge justly, we must persuade ourselves that none of us is without sin.
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All art is but imitation of nature.
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A great step towards independence is a good-humored stomach, one that is willing to endure rough treatment.
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Time hath often cured the wound which reason failed to heal.
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The language of truth is unvarnished enough.
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Where fear is, happiness is not.
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Just as I shall select my ship when I am about to go on a voyage, or my house when I propose to take a residence, so shall I choose my death when I am about to depart from life.
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Why will no man confess his faults? Because he continues to indulge in them; a man cannot tell his dream till he wakes.
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Religion worships God, while superstition profanes that worship.
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He who has great power should use it lightly.
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In the meantime, cling tooth and nail to the following rule: not to give in to adversity, not to trust prosperity, and always take full note of fortune’s habit of behaving just as she pleases.
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The worse a person is the less he feels it.
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Those griefs burn most which gall in secret.
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It is the mind that makes us rich and happy, in what condition soever we are, and money signifies no more to it than it does to the gods.
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Our plans miscarry because they have no aim.
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To be enslaved to oneself is the heaviest of all servitudes.-
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He who receives a benefit with gratitude, repays the first installment of it.
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