Truth will never be tedious unto him that travelleth in the secrets of nature; there is nothing but falsehood that glutteth us.
SENECA THE YOUNGERAs the soil, however rich it may be, cannot be productive without cultivation, so the mind without culture can never produce good fruit
More Seneca the Younger Quotes
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Religion worships God, while superstition profanes that worship.
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It is the sign of a weak mind to be unable to bear wealth.
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What must be shall be; and that which is a necessity to him that struggles, is little more than choice to him that is willing.
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What view is one likely to take of the state of a person’s mind when his speech is wild and incoherent and knows no constraint?
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Every new beginning comes from some other beginning’s end.
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You learn to know a pilot in a storm.
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That day which you fear as being the end of all things is the birthday of your eternity.
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The shortest road to wealth lies in the contempt of wealth.
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He who repents of having sinned is almost innocent.
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To forgive all is as inhuman as to forgive none
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The philosopher: he alone knows how to live for himself. He is the one, in fact, who knows the fundamental thing: how to live.
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Who shrinks from knowledge of his calamities but aggravates his fear; troubles half seen, shall torture all the more.
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Success is not greedy, as people think, but insignificant. That is why it satisfies nobody.
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In whatever direction you turn, you will see God coming to meet you; nothing is void of him, he himself fills all his work.
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Successful villany is called virtue.
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