Success is not greedy, as people think, but insignificant. That is why it satisfies nobody.
SENECA THE YOUNGERThe Best sign of Wisdom is the consistency between the words and deeds.
More Seneca the Younger Quotes
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Behold a contest worthy of a god, a brave man matched in conflict with adversity.
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It’s a vice to trust all, and equally a vice to trust none.
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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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The worse a person is the less he feels it.
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There is nothing more miserable and foolish than anticipation.
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He who has made a fair compact with poverty is rich.
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He robs present ills of their power who has perceived their coming beforehand.
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Although a man has so well purged his mind that nothing can trouble or deceive him any more, yet he reached his present innocence through sin.
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If you expect the wise man to be as angry as the baseness of crimes requires, then he must not only be angry but go insane.
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To govern was to serve, not to rule.
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Time hath often cured the wound which reason failed to heal.
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One crime has to be concealed by another.
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Whenever you hold a fellow creature in distress, remember that he is a man.
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That which has been endured with difficulty is remedied with delight.
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Light cares cry out; the great ones still are dumb.
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