In every good man a God doth dwell.
SENECA THE YOUNGERThere is no greater punishment of wickedness that that it is dissatisfied with itself and its deeds.
More Seneca the Younger Quotes
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It is medicine, not scenery, for which a sick man must go searching.
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Consider, when you are enraged at any one, what you would probably think if he should die during the dispute.
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Nothing is more hateful to wisdom than to much cunning.
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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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It is quality rather than quantity that matters.
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Precepts are the rules by which we ought to square our lives. When they are contracted into sentences, they strike the affections; whereas admonition is only blowing of the coal.
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There is as much greatness of mind in acknowledging a good turn, as in doing it.
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All art is but imitation of nature.
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Leisure without literature is death and burial alive.
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The highest duty and the highest proof of wisdom – that deed and word should be in accord.
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Time hath often cured the wound which reason failed to heal.
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Hesitation is the best cure for anger. The first blows of anger are heavy, but if it waits, it will think again.
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To live is not a blessing, but to live well.
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There is nothing more miserable and foolish than anticipation.
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Those griefs burn most which gall in secret.
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