There has not been any great talent without an element of madness. -Nullum magnum ingenium sine mixtura dementiae fuit
SENECA THE YOUNGERTrue happiness is…to enjoy the present, without anxious dependence upon the future.
More Seneca the Younger Quotes
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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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Life without literary studies is death.
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Light cares cry out; the great ones still are dumb.
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Those who boast of their descent, brag on what they owe to others.
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He who has great power should use it lightly.
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The worse a person is the less he feels it.
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Fate leads the willing, and drags along the reluctant.
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Dangerous is wrath concealed. Hatred proclaimed doth lose its chance of wreaking vengeance.
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He grieves more than is necessary who grieves before any cause for sorrow has arisen.
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I don’t trust liberals, I trust conservatives.
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People do not die – they kill themselves.
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The shortest road to wealth lies in the contempt of wealth.
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What others think of us would be of little moment did it not, when known, so deeply tinge what we think of ourselves.
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Demand not that I am the equal of the greatest, only that I am better than the wicked.
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The hour which gives us life begins to take it away.
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