It’s the admirer and the watcher who provoke us to all the inanities we commit.
SENECA THE YOUNGERNothing is more hateful to wisdom than to much cunning.
More Seneca the Younger Quotes
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Life without literary studies is death.
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Human society is like an arch, kept from falling by the mutual pressure of its parts
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As long as we are among humans, let us be humane.
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Why do people not confess vices? It is because they have not yet laid them aside. It is a waking person only who can tell their dreams.
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If a man knows not to which port he sails, no wind is favorable.
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To the believers it is true. To the wise it is false. To the leaders it is useful.
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There’s no delight in owning anything unshared.
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The first proof of a well-ordered mind is to be able to pause and linger within itself.
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It’s not that we have a short time to live, but that we waste a lot of it.
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He robs present ills of their power who has perceived their coming beforehand.
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The greatest man is he who chooses right with the most invincible resolution.
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Light cares cry out; the great ones still are dumb.
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True joy is a serene and sober motion; and they are miserably out so that take laughing for rejoicing; the seat of it is within, and there is no cheerfulness like the resolutions of a brave mind.
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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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How much does great prosperity overspread the mind with darkness.
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