His head was turned by too great success.
SENECA THE YOUNGERThere’s no delight in owning anything unshared.
More Seneca the Younger Quotes
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The young man must store up, the old man must use.
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Even after a bad harvest there must be sowing.
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The greater part of progress is the desire to progress.
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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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Wisdom does not show itself so much in precept as in life – in firmness of mind and a mastery of appetite. It teaches us to do as well as to talk; and to make our words and actions all of a color.
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We are born to lose and to perish, to hope and to fear, to vex ourselves and others; and there is no antidote against a common calamity but virtue; for the foundation of true joy is in the conscience.
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It’s the admirer and the watcher who provoke us to all the inanities we commit.
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It is quality rather than quantity that matters.
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All my life I have been seeking to climb out of the pit of my besetting sins and I cannot do it and I never will unless a hand is let down to draw me up.
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There’s no delight in owning anything unshared.
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It is the mind that makes us rich and happy, in what condition soever we are, and money signifies no more to it than it does to the gods.
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What is more insane than to vent on senseless things the anger that is felt towards men?
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A large library is apt to distract rather than to instruct the learner; it is much better to be confined to a few authors than to wander at random over many.
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The wise man will always reflect concerning the quality not the quantity of life.
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The mind unlearns with difficulty what it has long learned.
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Men learn while they teach.
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We should live as if we were in public view, and think, too, as if someone could peer into the inmost recesses of our hearts-which someone can!
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People do not die – they kill themselves.
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To the stars through difficulties.
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Our (the Stoic) motto, as you know, is live according to nature.
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It’s the admirer and the watcher who provoke us to all the inanities we commit.
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You cannot escape necessities, but you can overcome them.
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No untroubled day has ever dawned for me.
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The language of truth is unvarnished enough.
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Luck is preparation multiplied by opportunity.
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Consider, when you are enraged at any one, what you would probably think if he should die during the dispute.
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