A large library is apt to distract rather than to instruct the learner; it is much better to be confined to a few authors than to wander at random over many.
SENECA THE YOUNGERThat loss is most discreditable which is caused by negligence.
More Seneca the Younger Quotes
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No choice maxims – we Stoics don’t practice that kind of window dressing.
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Where reason fails, time oft has worked a cure.
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The man who while he gives thinks of what he will get in return, deserves to be deceived.
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There is no greater punishment of wickedness that that it is dissatisfied with itself and its deeds.
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For men in a state of freedom had thatch for their shelter, while slavery dwells beneath marble and gold.
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You cannot escape necessities, but you can overcome them.
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When one is friend on himself, also is friend of everybody.
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He who has made a fair compact with poverty is rich.
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One hand washes the other.
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The part of life which we really live is short.
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The worse a person is the less he feels it.
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Genius always gives its best at first; prudence, at last.
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The road by precepts is tedious, by example, short and efficacious.
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It is the fault of youth that it cannot restrain its own impetuosity.
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To be feared is to fear. No one has been able to strike terror into others and at the same time enjoy peace of mind.
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