He grieves more than is necessary who grieves before any cause for sorrow has arisen.
SENECA THE YOUNGERHe who receives a benefit with gratitude, repays the first installment of it.
More Seneca the Younger Quotes
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The foundation of the true joy is in the conscience.
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To the believers it is true. To the wise it is false. To the leaders it is useful.
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It is quality rather than quantity that matters.
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The part of life which we really live is short.
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He who dreads hostility too much is unfit to rule.
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He who has great power should use it lightly.
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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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One who’s our friend is fond of us; one who’s fond of us isn’t necessarily our friend.
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Nothing is more hateful to wisdom than to much cunning.
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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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How much does great prosperity overspread the mind with darkness.
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Drunkenness is simply voluntary insanity.
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The comfort of having a friend may be taken away, but not that of having had one.
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Courage leads to heaven; fear leads to death.
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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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