What is more insane than to vent on senseless things the anger that is felt towards men?
SENECA THE YOUNGEROn him does death lie heavily, who, but too well known to all, dies to himself unknown.
More Seneca the Younger Quotes
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Where reason fails, time oft has worked a cure.
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He who has great power should use it lightly.
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Desultory reading is delightful, but to be beneficial, our reading must be carefully directed.
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After death there is nothing.
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Why will no man confess his faults? Because he continues to indulge in them; a man cannot tell his dream till he wakes.
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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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How much better to pursue a straight course and eventually reach that destination where the things that are pleasant are the things that are honorable finally become, for you, the same.
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Nobody becomes guilty by fate.
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That which has been endured with difficulty is remedied with delight.
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Drunkenness doesn’t create vices, but it brings them to the fore.
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The chief bond of the soldier is his oath of allegiance and love for the flag.
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That poverty is no disaster is understood by everyone who has not yet succumbed to the madness of greed and luxury that turns everything topsy-turvy.
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Truth will never be tedious unto him that travelleth in the secrets of nature; there is nothing but falsehood that glutteth us.
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Injustice never rules forever.
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People do not die – they kill themselves.
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