There is no genius without a mixture of madness.
SENECA THE YOUNGERThe mind unlearns with difficulty what it has long learned.
More Seneca the Younger Quotes
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If God adds another day to our life, let us receive it gladly.
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Every journey has an end.
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He robs present ills of their power who has perceived their coming beforehand.
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The wise man will always reflect concerning the quality not the quantity of life.
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There’s one blessing only, the source and cornerstone of beatitude: confidence in self.
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Set aside a certain number of days, during which you shall be content with the scantiest and cheapest fare, with course and rough dress, saying to yourself the while: ” Is this the condition that I feared?”
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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 part of life which we really live is short.
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I am like a book, with pages that have stuck together for want of use: my mind needs unpacking and the truths stored within must be turned over from time to time, to be ready when occasion demands.
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The true felicity of life is to be free from anxieties and pertubations; to understand and do our duties to God and man, and to enjoy the present without any serious dependence on the future.
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A great fortune is a great slavery.
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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 wish to be loved, love.
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One must take all one’s life to learn how to leave, and what will perhaps make you wonder more, one must take all one’s life to learn how to die.
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There’s no delight in owning anything unshared.
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