The swiftness of time is infinite, as is still more evident when we look back on the past.
SENECA THE YOUNGERShall I tell you what philosophy holds out to humanity? Counsel…You are called in to help the unhappy.
More Seneca the Younger Quotes
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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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That day which you fear as being the end of all things is the birthday of your eternity.
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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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Nothing is more hateful to wisdom than to much cunning.
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It is proof of a bad cause when it is applauded by the mob.
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As long as you live, learn how to live.
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Whatever begins, also ends.
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Of war men ask the outcome, not the cause.
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Where fear is, happiness is not.
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Behold a contest worthy of a god, a brave man matched in conflict with adversity.
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Why will no man confess his faults? Because he continues to indulge in them; a man cannot tell his dream till he wakes.
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When once ambition has passed its natural limits, its progress is boundless.
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There is no greater punishment of wickedness that that it is dissatisfied with itself and its deeds.
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Where reason fails, time oft has worked a cure.
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I am ashamed of my master and not of my servitude.
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