He who has fostered the sweet poison of love by fondling it, finds it too late to refuse the yoke which he has of his own accord assumed.
SENECA THE YOUNGERWatch over yourself. Be your own accuser, then your judge; ask yourself grace sometimes, and, if there is need, impose upon yourself some pain.
More Seneca the Younger Quotes
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To be always fortunate, and to pass through life with a soul that has never known sorrow, is to be ignorant of one half of nature.
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There is no genius without a mixture of madness.
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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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Virtue with some is nothing but successful temerity.
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Modesty once extinguished knows not how to return.
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Men learn while they teach.
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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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Misfortune is the test of a person’s merit.
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Human society is like an arch, kept from falling by the mutual pressure of its parts
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The poor are not the people with less, which is less desirable
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He that lays down precepts for the governing of our lives, and moderating our passions, obliges humanity not only in the present, but in all future generations.
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After death there is nothing.
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True happiness is…to enjoy the present, without anxious dependence upon the future.
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The part of life which we really live is short.
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It’s a vice to trust all, and equally a vice to trust none.
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