There is no genius without a mixture of madness.
SENECA THE YOUNGERThe hour which gives us life begins to take it away.
More Seneca the Younger Quotes
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The man who while he gives thinks of what he will get in return, deserves to be deceived.
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Let no man give advice to others that he has not first given himself.
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The swiftness of time is infinite, as is still more evident when we look back on the past.
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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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Modesty once extinguished knows not how to return.
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He who would arrive at the appointed end must follow a single road and not wander through many ways.
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It is not poverty that we praise, it is the man whom poverty cannot humble or bend.
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Begin at once to live, and count each day as a separate life.
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Every new beginning comes from some other beginning’s end.
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It’s a vice to trust all, and equally a vice to trust none.
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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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He robs present ills of their power who has perceived their coming beforehand.
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A person’s fears are lighter when the danger is at hand.
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One crime has to be concealed by another.
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Slavery holds few men fast; the greater number hold fast their slavery.
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