Such as the chain of causes we call Fate, such is the chain of wishes: one links on to another; the whole man is bound in the chain of wishing for ever.
SENECA THE YOUNGERWhen you see a man in distress, recognize him as a fellow man.
More Seneca the Younger Quotes
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Death is a punishment to some, to others a gift and to many a favour.
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It is the sign of a weak mind to be unable to bear wealth.
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For many men, the acquisition of wealth does not end their troubles, it only changes them.
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Desultory reading is delightful, but to be beneficial, our reading must be carefully directed.
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Genius always gives its best at first; prudence, at last.
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Those whom true love has held, it will go on holding.
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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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Religion is regarded by the common people as true, by the wise as false, and by rulers as useful.
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Drunkenness doesn’t create vices, but it brings them to the fore.
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Revenge is an inhuman word.
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You can only acquire it successfully if you cease to feel any sense of shame.
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Persistent kindness conquers the ill-disposed.
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The Best sign of Wisdom is the consistency between the words and deeds.
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The state of that man’s mind who feels too intense an interest as to future events, must be most deplorable.
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We are taught for the schoolroom, not for life.
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