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.
SENECA THE YOUNGERNot how long, but how well you have lived is the main thing.
More Seneca the Younger Quotes
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The greatest man is he who chooses right with the most invincible resolution.
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There is nothing more miserable and foolish than anticipation.
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Let the weary at length possess quiet rest.
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There is no greater punishment of wickedness that that it is dissatisfied with itself and its deeds.
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He who receives a benefit with gratitude, repays the first installment of it.
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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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How much does great prosperity overspread the mind with darkness.
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Light is that grief which counsel can allay.
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Time hath often cured the wound which reason failed to heal.
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The shortest road to wealth lies in the contempt of wealth.
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A large library is apt to distract rather than to instruct the learner; it is much better to be confined to a few authors than to wander at random over many.
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Behold a contest worthy of a god, a brave man matched in conflict with adversity.
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Injustice never rules forever.
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It is another’s fault if he be ungrateful, but it is mine if I do not give. To find one thankful man, I will oblige a great many that are not so.
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The expression of truth is simplicity.
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