Drunkenness is simply voluntary insanity.
SENECA THE YOUNGERThose griefs burn most which gall in secret.
More Seneca the Younger Quotes
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I was not born for one corner. The whole world is my native land.
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To forgive all is as inhuman as to forgive none
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You learn to know a pilot in a storm.
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You learn to know a pilot in a storm.
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What others think of us would be of little moment did it not, when known, so deeply tinge what we think of ourselves.
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Our words should aim not to please, but to help.
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There is nothing in the world so much admired as a man who knows how to bear unhappiness with courage.
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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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There is more heroism in self-denial than in deeds of arms.
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Bear in mind that you commit a crime by injuring even a wicked brother.
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Behold a contest worthy of a god, a brave man matched in conflict with adversity.
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Who-only let him be a man and intent upon honor-is not eager for the honorable ordeal and prompt to assume perilous duties? To what energetic man is not idleness a punishment?
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When once ambition has passed its natural limits, its progress is boundless.
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It is a world of mischief that may be done by a single example of avarice or luxury. One voluptuous palate makes many more.
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He who dreads hostility too much is unfit to rule.
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