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.
SENECA THE YOUNGERHe who has fostered the sweet poison of love by fondling it, finds it too late to refuse the yoke which he has of his own accord assumed.
More Seneca the Younger Quotes
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The man who while he gives thinks of what he will get in return, deserves to be deceived.
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He that does good to another does good also to himself, not only in the consequence but in the very act. For the consciousness of well-doing is in itself ample reward.
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Diligence is a very great help even to a mediocre intelligence. -Diligentia maximum etiam mediocris ingeni subsidium
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Consider, when you are enraged at any one, what you would probably think if he should die during the dispute.
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Time discovers truth.
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To the stars through difficulties.
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True happiness is…to enjoy the present, without anxious dependence upon the future.
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The comfort of having a friend may be taken away, but not that of having had one.
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What should a wise person do when given a blow? Same as Cato when he was attacked; not fire up or revenge the insult., or even return the blow, but simply ignore it.
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Revenge is an inhuman word.
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It is easier to grow in dignity than to make a start.
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Those griefs burn most which gall in secret.
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Disease is not of the body but of the place.
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The part of life which we really live is short.
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After death there is nothing.
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