There is no genius without a mixture of madness.
SENECA THE YOUNGERThe mind is never right but when it is at peace within itself.
More Seneca the Younger Quotes
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For many men, the acquisition of wealth does not end their troubles, it only changes them.
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After death there is nothing.
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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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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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Diligence is a very great help even to a mediocre intelligence. -Diligentia maximum etiam mediocris ingeni subsidium
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Nothing is more hateful to wisdom than to much cunning.
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The thing that matters is not what you bear, but how you bear it
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Light is that grief which counsel can allay.
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It is expedient for the victor to wish for peace restored; for the vanquished it is necessary.
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If you judge, investigate.
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Of war men ask the outcome, not the cause.
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Why do people not confess vices? It is because they have not yet laid them aside. It is a waking person only who can tell their dreams.
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He who receives a benefit with gratitude, repays the first installment of it.
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Luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity.
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Life is long if you know how to use it.
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