Nothing is more hateful to wisdom than to much cunning.
SENECA THE YOUNGERThere is more heroism in self-denial than in deeds of arms.
More Seneca the Younger Quotes
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There’s one blessing only, the source and cornerstone of beatitude: confidence in self.
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Ignorant people see life as either existence or non-existence, but wise men see it beyond both existence and non-existence to something that transcends them both; this is an observation of the Middle Way.
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There is no genius without a mixture of madness.
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The chief bond of the soldier is his oath of allegiance and love for the flag.
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The shortest road to wealth lies in the contempt of wealth.
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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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Vice may be learnt, even without a teacher
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Death is a release from and an end of all pains.
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He who repents of having sinned is almost innocent.
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There is none made so great, but he may both need the help and service, and stand in fear of the power and unkindness, even of the meanest of mortals.
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Difficulties strengthen the mind, as labor does the body.
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Leisure without literature is death and burial alive.
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What others think of us would be of little moment did it not, when known, so deeply tinge what we think of ourselves.
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Drunkenness doesn’t create vices, but it brings them to the fore.
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The willing, destiny guides them; the unwilling, destiny drags them.
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