It is a world of mischief that may be done by a single example of avarice or luxury. One voluptuous palate makes many more.
SENECA THE YOUNGERThere is no easy way from the earth to the stars.
More Seneca the Younger Quotes
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The Fates guide those who go willingly. Those who do not, they drag.
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Nothing is more hateful to wisdom than to much cunning.
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After death there is nothing.
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The mind is never right but when it is at peace within itself; the soul is in heaven even while it is in the flesh, if it be purged of its natural corruptions, and taken up with divine thoughts, and contemplations.
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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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Consider, when you are enraged at any one, what you would probably think if he should die during the dispute.
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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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The worse a person is the less he feels it.
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Truth will never be tedious unto him that travelleth in the secrets of nature; there is nothing but falsehood that glutteth us.
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If you are wise, You will mingle one thing with the other- Not hoping without doubt; Not doubting without hope.
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If you wish to be loved, love.
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The point is, not how long you live, but how nobly you live.
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As long as you live, learn how to live.
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He who repents of having sinned is almost innocent.
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No man finds it difficult to return to nature except the man who has deserted nature.
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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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To live is not a blessing, but to live well.
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Begin at once to live, and count each day as a separate life.
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Luck is preparation multiplied by opportunity.
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Leisure without literature is death and burial alive.
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There is nothing more miserable and foolish than anticipation.
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Four things does a reckless man gain who covets his neighbor’s wife – demerit, an uncomfortable bed, thirdly, punishment, and lastly, hell.
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The poor are not the people with less, which is less desirable
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A person’s fears are lighter when the danger is at hand.
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I am ashamed of my master and not of my servitude.
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God is near you, is with you, is inside you.
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