Nothing is more hateful to wisdom than to much cunning.
SENECA THE YOUNGERTo the stars through difficulties.
More Seneca the Younger Quotes
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In the meantime, cling tooth and nail to the following rule: not to give in to adversity, not to trust prosperity, and always take full note of fortune’s habit of behaving just as she pleases.
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No crime has been without a precedent.
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It is expedient for the victor to wish for peace restored; for the vanquished it is necessary.
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True joy is a serene and sober motion; and they are miserably out so that take laughing for rejoicing; the seat of it is within, and there is no cheerfulness like the resolutions of a brave mind.
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The young man must store up, the old man must use.
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Modesty once extinguished knows not how to return.
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Of war men ask the outcome, not the cause.
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Behold a contest worthy of a god, a brave man matched in conflict with adversity.
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The sun shines even on the wicked.
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The first step towards amendment is the recognition of error.
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The mind unlearns with difficulty what it has long learned.
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For many men, the acquisition of wealth does not end their troubles, it only changes them.
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Genius has never been accepted without a measure of condonement.
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We are wrong in looking forward to death: in great measure it’s past already.
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It is the sign of a weak mind to be unable to bear wealth.
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