It is medicine, not scenery, for which a sick man must go searching.
SENECA THE YOUNGERThe mind is never right but when it is at peace within itself.
More Seneca the Younger Quotes
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He who has great power should use it lightly.
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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.
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The shortest road to wealth lies in the contempt of wealth.
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Greatness stands upon a precipice, and if prosperity carries a man never so little beyond his poise, it overbears and dashes him to pieces.
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Drunkenness is simply voluntary insanity.
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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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Light is that grief which counsel can allay.
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A benefit consists not in what is done or given, but in the intention of the giver or doer.
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The greater part of progress is the desire to progress.
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It is a world of mischief that may be done by a single example of avarice or luxury. One voluptuous palate makes many more.
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One hand washes the other.
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It’s the admirer and the watcher who provoke us to all the inanities we commit.
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There is more heroism in self-denial than in deeds of arms.
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If you judge, investigate.
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In the meantime, cling tooth and nail to the following rule: not to give in to adversity, not to trust prosperity, and always take full note of fortune’s habit of behaving just as she pleases.
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