Why will no man confess his faults? Because he continues to indulge in them; a man cannot tell his dream till he wakes.
SENECA THE YOUNGERThere’s no delight in owning anything unshared.
More Seneca the Younger Quotes
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There is as much greatness of mind in acknowledging a good turn, as in doing it.
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There is nothing wrong with changing a plan when the situation has changed.
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Ignorant people see life as either existence or non-existence, but wise men see it beyond both existence and non-existence to something that transcends them both; this is an observation of the Middle Way.
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I was not born for one corner. The whole world is my native land.
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The road by precepts is tedious, by example, short and efficacious.
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The state of that man’s mind who feels too intense an interest as to future events, must be most deplorable.
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Our plans miscarry because they have no aim.
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The mind unlearns with difficulty what it has long learned.
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If you expect the wise man to be as angry as the baseness of crimes requires, then he must not only be angry but go insane.
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Even after a bad harvest there must be sowing.
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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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In every good man a God doth dwell.
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Every journey has an end.
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Tranqility is a certain quality of mind, which no condition or fortune can either exalt or depress.
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Light cares cry out; the great ones still are dumb.
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