The language of truth is unvarnished enough.
SENECA THE YOUNGERWe are wrong in looking forward to death: in great measure it’s past already.
More Seneca the Younger Quotes
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Successful villany is called virtue.
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If you are wise, You will mingle one thing with the other- Not hoping without doubt; Not doubting without hope.
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Vice may be learnt, even without a teacher
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As long as you live, learn how to live.
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What is more insane than to vent on senseless things the anger that is felt towards men?
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I was not born for one corner. The whole world is my native land.
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Our plans miscarry because they have no aim.
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He who would arrive at the appointed end must follow a single road and not wander through many ways.
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It is quality rather than quantity that matters.
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There is no genius without a mixture of madness.
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How great would be our peril if our slaves began to number us!
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There is none made so great, but he may both need the help and service, and stand in fear of the power and unkindness, even of the meanest of mortals.
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Not how long, but how well you have lived is the main thing.
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While we are postponing, life speeds by.
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Even after a bad harvest there must be sowing.
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