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?
SENECA THE YOUNGERPhilosophy does not regard pedigree, she received Plato not as a noble, but she made him one.
More Seneca the Younger Quotes
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The highest duty and the highest proof of wisdom – that deed and word should be in accord.
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The shortest road to wealth lies in the contempt of wealth.
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If you judge, investigate.
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To be feared is to fear. No one has been able to strike terror into others and at the same time enjoy peace of mind.
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The Fates guide those who go willingly. Those who do not, they drag.
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The kind of solace that arises from having company in misery is spiteful.
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Whatever begins, also ends.
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One who’s our friend is fond of us; one who’s fond of us isn’t necessarily our friend.
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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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Injustice never rules forever.
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You cannot escape necessities, but you can overcome them.
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There’s no delight in owning anything unshared.
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Reasons for anxiety will never be lacking, whether born of prosperity or of wretchedness; life pushes on in a succession of engrossments. We shall always pray for leisure.
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Every new beginning comes from some other beginning’s end.
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Nobody becomes guilty by fate.
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