There is no greater punishment of wickedness that that it is dissatisfied with itself and its deeds.
SENECA THE YOUNGERUnblest is he who thinks himself unblest.
More Seneca the Younger Quotes
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Behold a contest worthy of a god, a brave man matched in conflict with adversity.
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Leisure without literature is death and burial alive.
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He who dreads hostility too much is unfit to rule.
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There is nothing more miserable and foolish than anticipation.
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On him does death lie heavily, who, but too well known to all, dies to himself unknown.
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No man finds it difficult to return to nature except the man who has deserted nature.
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Unblest is he who thinks himself unblest.
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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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As long as we are among humans, let us be humane.
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Human society is like an arch, kept from falling by the mutual pressure of its parts
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To be feared is to fear. No one has been able to strike terror into others and at the same time enjoy peace of mind.
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In every good man a God doth dwell.
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Genius always gives its best at first; prudence, at last.
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Slavery holds few men fast; the greater number hold fast their slavery.
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Hardly a man will you find who could live with his door open.
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