Those griefs burn most which gall in secret.
SENECA THE YOUNGERThat which has been endured with difficulty is remedied with delight.
More Seneca the Younger Quotes
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Modesty once extinguished knows not how to return.
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Successful villany is called virtue.
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There’s no delight in owning anything unshared.
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For many men, the acquisition of wealth does not end their troubles, it only changes them.
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Nothing is more hateful to wisdom than to much cunning.
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Light cares cry out; the great ones still are dumb.
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There is nothing wrong with changing a plan when the situation has changed.
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Leisure without literature is death and burial alive.
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People do not die – they kill themselves.
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Nothing is as certain as that the vices of leisure are gotten rid of by being busy.
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He who repents of having sinned is almost innocent.
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He who has made a fair compact with poverty is rich.
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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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Unjust dominion cannot be eternal.
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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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