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?
SENECA THE YOUNGERWhen once ambition has passed its natural limits, its progress is boundless.
More Seneca the Younger Quotes
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There is no greater punishment of wickedness that that it is dissatisfied with itself and its deeds.
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The wise man lacked nothing but needed a great number of things, whereas the fool, on the other hand, needs nothing (for he does not know how to use anything) but lacks everything.
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There is no genius without a mixture of madness.
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It is safer to offend certain men than it is to oblige them; for as proof that they owe nothing they seek recourse in hatred.
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Life is long if you know how to use it.
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Tranqility is a certain quality of mind, which no condition or fortune can either exalt or depress.
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All art is but imitation of nature.
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His head was turned by too great success.
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You learn to know a pilot in a storm.
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Those who boast of their descent, brag on what they owe to others.
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The first proof of a well-ordered mind is to be able to pause and linger within itself.
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Virtue with some is nothing but successful temerity.
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Time hath often cured the wound which reason failed to heal.
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Light is that grief which counsel can allay.
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A young man respects and looks up to his teachers.
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