There is no greater punishment of wickedness that that it is dissatisfied with itself and its deeds.
SENECA THE YOUNGERThe greater part of progress is the desire to progress.
More Seneca the Younger Quotes
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We are taught for the schoolroom, not for life.
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He who is brave is free.
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A person’s fears are lighter when the danger is at hand.
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Such as the chain of causes we call Fate, such is the chain of wishes: one links on to another; the whole man is bound in the chain of wishing for ever.
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Successful crime is dignified with the name of virtue; the good become the slaves of the wicked; might makes right; fear silences the power of the law.
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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 person you are matters more than the place to which you go.
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A great fortune is a great slavery.
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Men learn while they teach.
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They lose the day in expectation of the night, and the night in fear of the dawn.
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What view is one likely to take of the state of a person’s mind when his speech is wild and incoherent and knows no constraint?
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A benefit is estimated according to the mind of the giver.
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Choose as a guide one whom you will admire more when you see him act than when you hear him speak.
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There is no genius without a mixture of madness.
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Nothing is more hateful to wisdom than to much cunning.
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