There’s no delight in owning anything unshared.
SENECA THE YOUNGERWe are taught for the schoolroom, not for life.
More Seneca the Younger Quotes
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He robs present ills of their power who has perceived their coming beforehand.
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Persistent kindness conquers the ill-disposed.
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The road by precepts is tedious, by example, short and efficacious.
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Success is not greedy, as people think, but insignificant. That is why it satisfies nobody.
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If we let things terrify us, life will not be worth living.
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If you are wise, You will mingle one thing with the other- Not hoping without doubt; Not doubting without hope.
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The wise man lacked nothing but needed a great number of things, whereas the fool, on the other hand, needs nothing (for he does not know how to use anything) but lacks everything.
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Light is that grief which counsel can allay.
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Our words should aim not to please, but to help.
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Even after a bad harvest there must be sowing.
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It is dishonorable to say one thing and think another; how much more dishonorable to write one thing and think another.
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There has not been any great talent without an element of madness. -Nullum magnum ingenium sine mixtura dementiae fuit
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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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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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The man who while he gives thinks of what he will get in return, deserves to be deceived.
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