Modesty once extinguished knows not how to return.
SENECA THE YOUNGERThere has not been any great talent without an element of madness. -Nullum magnum ingenium sine mixtura dementiae fuit
More Seneca the Younger Quotes
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All my life I have been seeking to climb out of the pit of my besetting sins and I cannot do it and I never will unless a hand is let down to draw me up.
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We ought to take outdoor walks, to refresh and raise our spirits by deep breathing in the open air.
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It is by the benefit of letters that absent friends are in a manner brought together.
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This body is not a home, but an inn; and that only for a short time.
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That poverty is no disaster is understood by everyone who has not yet succumbed to the madness of greed and luxury that turns everything topsy-turvy.
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There is no satisfaction in any good without a companion.
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Luck never made a man wise.
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May be is very well, but Must is the master. It is my duty to show justice without recompense.
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There is nothing in the world so much admired as a man who knows how to bear unhappiness with courage.
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He that lays down precepts for the governing of our lives, and moderating our passions, obliges humanity not only in the present, but in all future generations.
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Light is that grief which counsel can allay.
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I am ashamed of my master and not of my servitude.
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How great would be our peril if our slaves began to number us!
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He who is brave is free.
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No untroubled day has ever dawned for me.
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