He who has great power should use it lightly.
SENECA THE YOUNGEREpileptics know by signs when attacks are imminent and take precautions accordingly; we must do the same in regard to anger
More Seneca the Younger Quotes
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It is expedient for the victor to wish for peace restored; for the vanquished it is necessary.
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Wisdom allows nothing to be good that will not be so forever; no man to be happy but he that needs no other happiness than what he has within himself; no man to be great or powerful that is not master of himself.
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Nothing is more hateful to wisdom than to much cunning.
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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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A great step towards independence is a good-humored stomach, one that is willing to endure rough treatment.
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Men learn while they teach.
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Behold a contest worthy of a god, a brave man matched in conflict with adversity.
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Our plans miscarry because they have no aim.
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If a man knows not to which port he sails, no wind is favorable.
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It’s not that we have a short time to live, but that we waste a lot of it.
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There is nothing more miserable and foolish than anticipation.
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I persist on praising not the life I lead, but that which I ought to lead. I follow it at a mighty distance, crawling
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Begin at once to live, and count each day as a separate life.
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He who has made a fair compact with poverty is rich.
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