Let no man give advice to others that he has not first given himself.
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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If you are wise, You will mingle one thing with the other- Not hoping without doubt; Not doubting without hope.
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How much better to pursue a straight course and eventually reach that destination where the things that are pleasant are the things that are honorable finally become, for you, the same.
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It is a world of mischief that may be done by a single example of avarice or luxury. One voluptuous palate makes many more.
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It’s the admirer and the watcher who provoke us to all the inanities we commit.
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Don’t stumble over something behind you.
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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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For many men, the acquisition of wealth does not end their troubles, it only changes them.
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Nobody will keep the thing he hears to himself, and nobody will repeat just what he hears and no more.
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Poverty needs much, avarice everything.
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To be enslaved to oneself is the heaviest of all servitudes.-
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Let the weary at length possess quiet rest.
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There is more heroism in self-denial than in deeds of arms.
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The world itself is too small for the covetous.
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It’s a vice to trust all, and equally a vice to trust none.
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As long as we are among humans, let us be humane.
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