To live is not a blessing, but to live well.
SENECA THE YOUNGERThere is no genius without a mixture of madness.
More Seneca the Younger Quotes
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The most imperious masters over their own servants are at the same time the most abject slaves to the servants of others.
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The intellect must not be kept at consistent tension, but diverted by pastimes…. The mind must have relaxation, and will rise stronger and keener after recreation.
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The fearful face usually betrays great guilt.
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Behold a contest worthy of a god, a brave man matched in conflict with adversity.
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The comfort of having a friend may be taken away, but not that of having had one.
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The mind is never right but when it is at peace within itself.
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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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There is the need for someone against which our characters can measure themselves. Without a ruler, you won’t make the crooked straight.
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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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Those griefs burn most which gall in secret.
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The Fates guide those who go willingly. Those who do not, they drag.
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The mind unlearns with difficulty what it has long learned.
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Not how long, but how well you have lived is the main thing.
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What you do for an ungrateful man is thrown away.
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Tota vita nihil aliud quam ad mortem iter est. The whole of life is nothing but a journey to death.
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