Genius has never been accepted without a measure of condonement.
SENECA THE YOUNGERI had rather never receive a kindness than never bestow one.
More Seneca the Younger Quotes
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The willing, destiny guides them; the unwilling, destiny drags them.
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Who-only let him be a man and intent upon honor-is not eager for the honorable ordeal and prompt to assume perilous duties? To what energetic man is not idleness a punishment?
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Successful crime is dignified with the name of virtue; the good become the slaves of the wicked; might makes right; fear silences the power of the law.
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Hardly a man will you find who could live with his door open.
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Light cares cry out; the great ones still are dumb.
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No one can be despised by another until he has learned to despise himself.
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Light is that grief which counsel can allay.
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The expression of truth is simplicity.
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Everything that exceeds the bounds of moderation has an unstable foundation.
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It is to the interest of the commonwealth of mankind that there should be someone who is unconquered, someone against whom fortune has no power.
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The hour which gives us life begins to take it away.
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The young man must store up, the old man must use.
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There’s one blessing only, the source and cornerstone of beatitude: confidence in self.
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Why will no man confess his faults? Because he continues to indulge in them; a man cannot tell his dream till he wakes.
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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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