Shall I tell you what philosophy holds out to humanity? Counsel…You are called in to help the unhappy.
SENECA THE YOUNGERWealth is the slave of a wise man. The master of a fool.
More Seneca the Younger Quotes
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Leisure without literature is death and burial alive.
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We have not to talk, but to steer the vessel.
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Light is that grief which counsel can allay.
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A benefit is estimated according to the mind of the giver.
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Success is not greedy, as people think, but insignificant. That is why it satisfies nobody.
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A sword by itself does not slay; it is merely the weapon used by the slayer.
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A benefit consists not in what is done or given, but in the intention of the giver or doer.
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May be is very well, but Must is the master. It is my duty to show justice without recompense.
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There is no genius without a mixture of madness.
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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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Unblest is he who thinks himself unblest.
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No man is more unhappy than he who never faces adversity. For he is not permitted to prove himself.
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There is no easy way from the earth to the stars.
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Desultory reading is delightful, but to be beneficial, our reading must be carefully directed.
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He who repents of having sinned is almost innocent.
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