To live is not a blessing, but to live well.
SENECA THE YOUNGERWho timidly requests invites refusal.
More Seneca the Younger Quotes
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He who repents of having sinned is almost innocent.
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Who-only let him be a man and intent upon honor-is not eager for the honorable ordeal and prompt to assume perilous duties? To what energetic man is not idleness a punishment?
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Drunkenness is simply voluntary insanity.
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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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Be harsh with yourself at times.
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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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The mind unlearns with difficulty what it has long learned.
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Death is a punishment to some, to others a gift and to many a favour.
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He who has great power should use it lightly.
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To the believers it is true. To the wise it is false. To the leaders it is useful.
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I am ashamed of my master and not of my servitude.
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Time hath often cured the wound which reason failed to heal.
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There is no easy way from the earth to the stars.
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Indolence is stagnation; employment is life.
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Choose as a guide one whom you will admire more when you see him act than when you hear him speak.
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