Luck never made a man wise.
SENECA THE YOUNGERWealth is the slave of a wise man. The master of a fool.
More Seneca the Younger Quotes
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Light is that grief which counsel can allay.
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Be harsh with yourself at times.
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Even after a bad harvest there must be sowing.
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Why do I not seek some real good; one which I could feel, not one which I could display?
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Indolence is stagnation; employment is life.
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Death is a punishment to some, to others a gift and to many a favour.
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The philosopher: he alone knows how to live for himself. He is the one, in fact, who knows the fundamental thing: how to live.
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When you see a man in distress, recognize him as a fellow man.
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When one is friend on himself, also is friend of everybody.
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Nothing is more hateful to wisdom than to much cunning.
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We have not to talk, but to steer the vessel.
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It’s a vice to trust all, and equally a vice to trust none.
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Modesty once extinguished knows not how to return.
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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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Light cares cry out; the great ones still are dumb.
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