Truth will never be tedious unto him that travelleth in the secrets of nature; there is nothing but falsehood that glutteth us.
SENECA THE YOUNGERShall I tell you what the real evil is? To cringe to the things that are called evils, to surrender to them our freedom, in defiance of which we ought to face any suffering.
More Seneca the Younger Quotes
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Whenever you hold a fellow creature in distress, remember that he is a man.
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The foundation of the true joy is in the conscience.
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It is by the benefit of letters that absent friends are in a manner brought together.
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Even after a bad harvest there must be sowing.
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Success is not greedy, as people think, but insignificant. That is why it satisfies nobody.
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In every good man a God doth dwell.
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What progress have I made? I am beginning to be my own friend. That is progress indeed
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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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It is a world of mischief that may be done by a single example of avarice or luxury. One voluptuous palate makes many more.
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People do not die – they kill themselves.
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The first proof of a well-ordered mind is to be able to pause and linger within itself.
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Luck never made a man wise.
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Drunkenness does not create vice; it merely brings it into view.
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The shortest road to wealth lies in the contempt of wealth.
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One crime has to be concealed by another.
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