True joy is a serene and sober motion; and they are miserably out so that take laughing for rejoicing; the seat of it is within, and there is no cheerfulness like the resolutions of a brave mind.
SENECA THE YOUNGERThe shortest road to wealth lies in the contempt of wealth.
More Seneca the Younger Quotes
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No untroubled day has ever dawned for me.
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Fate leads the willing, and drags along the reluctant.
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He that lays down precepts for the governing of our lives, and moderating our passions, obliges humanity not only in the present, but in all future generations.
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What madness it is for a man to starve himself to enrich his heir, and so turn a friend into an enemy! For his joy at your death will be proportioned to what you leave him.
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Religion is regarded by the common people as true, by the wise as false, and by rulers as useful.
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Every new beginning comes from some other beginning’s end.
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No crime has been without a precedent.
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How great would be our peril if our slaves began to number us!
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You learn to know a pilot in a storm.
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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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It is easier to grow in dignity than to make a start.
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I don’t trust liberals, I trust conservatives.
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Luck is preparation multiplied by opportunity.
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But when you are looking on anyone as a friend when you do not trust him as you trust yourself, you are making a grave mistake, and have failed to grasp sufficiently the full force of true friendship.
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There is nothing more miserable and foolish than anticipation.
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