There is no satisfaction in any good without a companion.
SENECA THE YOUNGERThat day which you fear as being the end of all things is the birthday of your eternity.
More Seneca the Younger Quotes
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Everything that exceeds the bounds of moderation has an unstable foundation.
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A great fortune is a great slavery.
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The comfort of having a friend may be taken away, but not that of having had one.
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Luck never made a man wise.
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There is the need for someone against which our characters can measure themselves. Without a ruler, you won’t make the crooked straight.
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It is to the interest of the commonwealth of mankind that there should be someone who is unconquered, someone against whom fortune has no power.
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Be silent as to services you have rendered, but speak of favours you have received.
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He who would arrive at the appointed end must follow a single road and not wander through many ways.
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You cannot, I repeat, successfully acquire it and preserve your modesty at the same time.
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Dangerous is wrath concealed. Hatred proclaimed doth lose its chance of wreaking vengeance.
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That day which you fear as being the end of all things is the birthday of your eternity.
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The kind of solace that arises from having company in misery is spiteful.
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For men in a state of freedom had thatch for their shelter, while slavery dwells beneath marble and gold.
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One crime has to be concealed by another.
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To forgive all is as inhuman as to forgive none
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