Nothing is more hateful to wisdom than to much cunning.
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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Modesty once extinguished knows not how to return.
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As long as you live, learn how to live.
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The kind of solace that arises from having company in misery is spiteful.
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Prosperity asks for fidelity; adversity exacts it.
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Nobody becomes guilty by fate.
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Drunkenness doesn’t create vices, but it brings them to the fore.
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If we desire to judge justly, we must persuade ourselves that none of us is without sin.
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The Best sign of Wisdom is the consistency between the words and deeds.
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Death is a punishment to some, to others a gift and to many a favour.
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When you see a man in distress, recognize him as a fellow man.
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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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The vices of idleness are only to be shaken off by active employment.
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The worse a person is the less he feels it.
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The expression of truth is simplicity.
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Tota vita nihil aliud quam ad mortem iter est. The whole of life is nothing but a journey to death.
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