Nothing is as certain as that the vices of leisure are gotten rid of by being busy.
SENECA THE YOUNGERThe foundation of the true joy is in the conscience.
More Seneca the Younger Quotes
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Light cares cry out; the great ones still are dumb.
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There is no greater punishment of wickedness that that it is dissatisfied with itself and its deeds.
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That which has been endured with difficulty is remedied with delight.
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I am like a book, with pages that have stuck together for want of use: my mind needs unpacking and the truths stored within must be turned over from time to time, to be ready when occasion demands.
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Reason wishes that the judgement it gives be just; anger wishes that the judgement it has given seem to be just.
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One must take all one’s life to learn how to leave, and what will perhaps make you wonder more, one must take all one’s life to learn how to die.
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To be enslaved to oneself is the heaviest of all servitudes.-
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Don’t stumble over something behind you.
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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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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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There has not been any great talent without an element of madness. -Nullum magnum ingenium sine mixtura dementiae fuit
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When one is friend on himself, also is friend of everybody.
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Those whom true love has held, it will go on holding.
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He who dreads hostility too much is unfit to rule.
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To be feared is to fear. No one has been able to strike terror into others and at the same time enjoy peace of mind.
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