Death is a punishment to some, to others a gift and to many a favour.
SENECA THE YOUNGERIn every good man a God doth dwell.
More Seneca the Younger Quotes
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Begin at once to live, and count each day as a separate life.
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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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How much does great prosperity overspread the mind with darkness.
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Greatness stands upon a precipice, and if prosperity carries a man never so little beyond his poise, it overbears and dashes him to pieces.
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Tranqility is a certain quality of mind, which no condition or fortune can either exalt or depress.
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What madness it is for a man to starve himself to enrich his heir, and so turn a friend into an enemy! For his joy at your death will be proportioned to what you leave him.
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The young man must store up, the old man must use.
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[During difficult times and after mistakes and failures it is helpful to remember …] Oftentimes calamity turns to our advantage and great ruins make way for greater glories.
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The poor are not the people with less, which is less desirable
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I am ashamed of my master and not of my servitude.
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It is by the benefit of letters that absent friends are in a manner brought together.
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Every journey has an end.
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The intellect must not be kept at consistent tension, but diverted by pastimes…. The mind must have relaxation, and will rise stronger and keener after recreation.
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Religion is regarded by the common people as true, by the wise as false, and by rulers as useful.
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The mind is never right but when it is at peace within itself.
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