Its harder for people to seek retirement from themselves than from the law
SENECA THE YOUNGERThe part of life which we really live is short.
More Seneca the Younger Quotes
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There has not been any great talent without an element of madness. -Nullum magnum ingenium sine mixtura dementiae fuit
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There is no genius without a mixture of madness.
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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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Courage leads to heaven; fear leads to death.
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It is not poverty that we praise, it is the man whom poverty cannot humble or bend.
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We are wrong in looking forward to death: in great measure it’s past already.
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Nothing is more hateful to wisdom than to much cunning.
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That loss is most discreditable which is caused by negligence.
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God is near you, is with you, is inside you.
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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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May be is very well, but Must is the master. It is my duty to show justice without recompense.
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To live is not a blessing, but to live well.
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Epicurus says, “gratitude is a virtue that has commonly profit annexed to it.” And where is the virtue that has not? But still the virtue is to be valued for itself, and not for the profit that attends it.
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It is more fitting for a man to laugh at life than to lament over it.
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The part of life which we really live is short.
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