Successful villany is called virtue.
SENECA THE YOUNGERWho-only let him be a man and intent upon honor-is not eager for the honorable ordeal and prompt to assume perilous duties? To what energetic man is not idleness a punishment?
More Seneca the Younger Quotes
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I have withdrawn not only from men, but from affairs, especially my own affairs; I am working for later generations, writing down some ideas that may be of assistance to them.
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The language of truth is unvarnished enough.
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Wisdom allows nothing to be good that will not be so forever; no man to be happy but he that needs no other happiness than what he has within himself; no man to be great or powerful that is not master of himself.
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He who repents of having sinned is almost innocent.
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The part of life which we really live is short.
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Set aside a certain number of days, during which you shall be content with the scantiest and cheapest fare, with course and rough dress, saying to yourself the while: ” Is this the condition that I feared?”
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Disease is not of the body but of the place.
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If we let things terrify us, life will not be worth living.
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God is near you, is with you, is inside you.
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There has not been any great talent without an element of madness. -Nullum magnum ingenium sine mixtura dementiae fuit
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Fate leads the willing, and drags along the reluctant.
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One who’s our friend is fond of us; one who’s fond of us isn’t necessarily our friend.
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As long as we are among humans, let us be humane.
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His head was turned by too great success.
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Prosperity asks for fidelity; adversity exacts it.
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