He who has fostered the sweet poison of love by fondling it, finds it too late to refuse the yoke which he has of his own accord assumed.
SENECA THE YOUNGERHe who would arrive at the appointed end must follow a single road and not wander through many ways.
More Seneca the Younger Quotes
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The hour which gives us life begins to take it away.
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Those griefs burn most which gall in secret.
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To the believers it is true. To the wise it is false. To the leaders it is useful.
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On him does death lie heavily, who, but too well known to all, dies to himself unknown.
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There’s no delight in owning anything unshared.
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Nobody becomes guilty by fate.
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The mind is never right but when it is at peace within itself; the soul is in heaven even while it is in the flesh, if it be purged of its natural corruptions, and taken up with divine thoughts, and contemplations.
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It’s the admirer and the watcher who provoke us to all the inanities we commit.
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Those who boast of their descent, brag on what they owe to others.
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A benefit consists not in what is done or given, but in the intention of the giver or doer.
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Eternal law has arranged nothing better than this, that it has given us one way in to life, but many ways out.
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He who repents of having sinned is almost innocent.
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What progress have I made? I am beginning to be my own friend. That is progress indeed
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Freedom can’t be kept for nothing. If you set a high value on liberty, you must set a low value on everything else.
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To the stars through difficulties.
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