No man finds it difficult to return to nature except the man who has deserted nature.
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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The kind of solace that arises from having company in misery is spiteful.
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Genius always gives its best at first; prudence, at last.
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There is as much greatness of mind in acknowledging a good turn, as in doing it.
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When once ambition has passed its natural limits, its progress is boundless.
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For men in a state of freedom had thatch for their shelter, while slavery dwells beneath marble and gold.
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Even after a bad harvest there must be sowing.
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The vices of idleness are only to be shaken off by active employment.
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Be silent as to services you have rendered, but speak of favours you have received.
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Every new beginning comes from some other beginning’s end.
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It is medicine, not scenery, for which a sick man must go searching.
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If a man knows not to which port he sails, no wind is favorable.
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I had rather never receive a kindness than never bestow one.
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Light is that grief which counsel can allay.
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It’s a vice to trust all, and equally a vice to trust none.
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Drunkenness is simply voluntary insanity.
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