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.
SENECA THE YOUNGERThere has not been any great talent without an element of madness. -Nullum magnum ingenium sine mixtura dementiae fuit
More Seneca the Younger Quotes
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Modesty once extinguished knows not how to return.
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Disease is not of the body but of the place.
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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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Success is not greedy, as people think, but insignificant. That is why it satisfies nobody.
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It is the mind that makes us rich and happy, in what condition soever we are, and money signifies no more to it than it does to the gods.
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The worse a person is the less he feels it.
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You cannot, I repeat, successfully acquire it and preserve your modesty at the same time.
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The comfort of having a friend may be taken away, but not that of having had one.
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Luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity.
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That poverty is no disaster is understood by everyone who has not yet succumbed to the madness of greed and luxury that turns everything topsy-turvy.
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Bear in mind that you commit a crime by injuring even a wicked brother.
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If we let things terrify us, life will not be worth living.
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The part of life which we really live is short.
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If God adds another day to our life, let us receive it gladly.
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The point is, not how long you live, but how nobly you live.
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