Those griefs burn most which gall in secret.
SENECA THE YOUNGERThe man who while he gives thinks of what he will get in return, deserves to be deceived.
More Seneca the Younger Quotes
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Light is that grief which counsel can allay.
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Choose as a guide one whom you will admire more when you see him act than when you hear him speak.
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Nothing is more hateful to wisdom than to much cunning.
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What madness it is for a man to starve himself to enrich his heir, and so turn a friend into an enemy! For his joy at your death will be proportioned to what you leave him.
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The foundation of the true joy is in the conscience.
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Nobody becomes guilty by fate.
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There is no easy way from the earth to the stars.
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It’s unknown the place and uncertain the time where death awaits you; thus you must expect death to find you, every time, at every place.
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Prosperity asks for fidelity; adversity exacts it.
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Genius always gives its best at first; prudence, at last.
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Success is not greedy, as people think, but insignificant. That is why it satisfies nobody.
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Four things does a reckless man gain who covets his neighbor’s wife – demerit, an uncomfortable bed, thirdly, punishment, and lastly, hell.
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The expression of truth is simplicity.
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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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Eternal law has arranged nothing better than this, that it has given us one way in to life, but many ways out.
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