His head was turned by too great success.
SENECA THE YOUNGERHe who receives a benefit with gratitude, repays the first installment of it.
More Seneca the Younger Quotes
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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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A man can refrain from wanting what he has not and cheerfully make the best of a bird in the hand.
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No untroubled day has ever dawned for me.
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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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Let the weary at length possess quiet rest.
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The most imperious masters over their own servants are at the same time the most abject slaves to the servants of others.
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If we desire to judge justly, we must persuade ourselves that none of us is without sin.
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Light is that grief which counsel can allay.
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The foundation of the true joy is in the conscience.
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To be feared is to fear. No one has been able to strike terror into others and at the same time enjoy peace of mind.
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Begin at once to live, and count each day as a separate life.
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True happiness is…to enjoy the present, without anxious dependence upon the future.
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But when you are looking on anyone as a friend when you do not trust him as you trust yourself, you are making a grave mistake, and have failed to grasp sufficiently the full force of true friendship.
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It is by the benefit of letters that absent friends are in a manner brought together.
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Nothing is as certain as that the vices of leisure are gotten rid of by being busy.
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