Luck never made a man wise.
SENECA THE YOUNGERNobody will keep the thing he hears to himself, and nobody will repeat just what he hears and no more.
More Seneca the Younger Quotes
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One crime has to be concealed by another.
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Don’t stumble over something behind you.
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It’s the admirer and the watcher who provoke us to all the inanities we commit.
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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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Persistent kindness conquers the ill-disposed.
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What view is one likely to take of the state of a person’s mind when his speech is wild and incoherent and knows no constraint?
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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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Philosophy does not regard pedigree, she received Plato not as a noble, but she made him one.
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As the soil, however rich it may be, cannot be productive without cultivation, so the mind without culture can never produce good fruit
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Genius always gives its best at first; prudence, at last.
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A great fortune is a great slavery.
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He who receives a benefit with gratitude, repays the first installment of it.
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To live is not a blessing, but to live well.
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If you wish to be loved, love.
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The highest duty and the highest proof of wisdom – that deed and word should be in accord.
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