Success is not greedy, as people think, but insignificant. That is why it satisfies nobody.
SENECA THE YOUNGERHe who has great power should use it lightly.
More Seneca the Younger Quotes
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Ignorant people see life as either existence or non-existence, but wise men see it beyond both existence and non-existence to something that transcends them both; this is an observation of the Middle Way.
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The swiftness of time is infinite, as is still more evident when we look back on the past.
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Indolence is stagnation; employment is life.
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Who timidly requests invites refusal.
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Modesty once extinguished knows not how to return.
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How great would be our peril if our slaves began to number us!
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Hesitation is the best cure for anger. The first blows of anger are heavy, but if it waits, it will think again.
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If you are wise, You will mingle one thing with the other- Not hoping without doubt; Not doubting without hope.
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He grieves more than is necessary who grieves before any cause for sorrow has arisen.
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Nobody will keep the thing he hears to himself, and nobody will repeat just what he hears and no more.
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The point is, not how long you live, but how nobly you live.
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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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Successful villany is called virtue.
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The expression of truth is simplicity.
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Who shrinks from knowledge of his calamities but aggravates his fear; troubles half seen, shall torture all the more.
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