That loss is most discreditable which is caused by negligence.
SENECA THE YOUNGERVirtue needs a director and guide. Vice can be learned even without a teacher.
More Seneca the Younger Quotes
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Luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity.
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The kind of solace that arises from having company in misery is spiteful.
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The world itself is too small for the covetous.
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I don’t trust liberals, I trust conservatives.
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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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It is the sign of a weak mind to be unable to bear wealth.
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There is no genius without a mixture of madness.
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Successful villany is called virtue.
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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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The intellect must not be kept at consistent tension, but diverted by pastimes…. The mind must have relaxation, and will rise stronger and keener after recreation.
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He who dreads hostility too much is unfit to rule.
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Nothing is as certain as that the vices of leisure are gotten rid of by being busy.
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The fearful face usually betrays great guilt.
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If God adds another day to our life, let us receive it gladly.
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What you do for an ungrateful man is thrown away.
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