Let him that hath done the good office conceal it; let him that received it disclose it.
SENECA THE YOUNGERThere is no genius without a mixture of madness.
More Seneca the Younger Quotes
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The customs of that most criminal nation (Israel) have gained such strength that they have now been received in all lands. The conquered have given laws to the conquerors.
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Injustice never rules forever.
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Every new beginning comes from some other beginning’s end.
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Light is that grief which counsel can allay.
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We have not to talk, but to steer the vessel.
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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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Who shrinks from knowledge of his calamities but aggravates his fear; troubles half seen, shall torture all the more.
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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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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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A man can refrain from wanting what he has not and cheerfully make the best of a bird in the hand.
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A sword by itself does not slay; it is merely the weapon used by the slayer.
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Whenever you hold a fellow creature in distress, remember that he is a man.
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Life without literary studies is death.
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Not how long, but how well you have lived is the main thing.
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One hand washes the other.
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