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Seneca the Younger Quotes - Page 31

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A foolishness is inflicted with a hatred of itself.

A foolishness is inflicted with a hatred of itself.

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Hatred, Fool, Fools And Foolishness

That which is given with pride and ostentation is rather an ambition than a bounty.

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Ambition, Pride, Given
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What with our hooks, snares, nets, and dogs, we are at war with all living creatures, and nothing comes amiss but that which is either too cheap or too common; and all this is to gratify a fantastical palate.

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Life, Dog, War

Who has more leisure than a worm?

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Leisure, Worms

There is no benefit so large that malignity will not lessen it; none so narrow that a good interpretation will not enlarge it.

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Gratitude, Benefits, Interpretation

The man who spends his time choosing one resort after another in a hunt for peace and quiet will in every place he visits find something to prevent him from relaxing.

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Travel, Men, Quiet

The pleasures of the palate deal with us like Egyptian thieves who strangle those whom they embrace.

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Egypt, Thieves, Pleasure

No one can hold absolute power for long, controlled power endures.

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Wisdom, Long, Politics

Unjust rule does not last forever.

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Forever, Unjust, Politics

Consider an enemy may become a friend.

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Enemy, May

If you will fear nothing, think that all things are to be feared.

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Fear, Thinking, All Things

He who dreads hostility too much is unfit to rule.

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Fear, Too Much, Dread
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Ponder for a long time whether you shall admit a given person to your friendship; but when you have decided to admit him, welcome him with all your heart and soul. Speak as boldly with him as with yourself.

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Real, Heart, Long

Where silence is not allowed, what then is permissible?

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Silence, Silence Is

Let him who has given a favor be silent; let he who has received it tell it.

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Silence, Favors, Silent

A great fortune is a great slavery.

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Money, Philosophical, Slavery
"Ad Polybium De Consolatione" by Seneca the Younger, Ch. VI, line 5, 40–45 AD.

But it is a pretty thing to see what money will do!

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Life, Success, Money

Who can hope for nothing, should despair for nothing.

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Hope, Despair, Should

He has committed the crime who profits by it.

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Philosophical, Poverty, Crime
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Of war men ask the outcome, not the cause.

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War, Men, Outcomes
"The Madness of Hercules". Book by Seneca the Younger, circa 54 AD.

It's a vice to trust all, and equally a vice to trust none.

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Vices, Virtue

The fear of war is worse than war itself.

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Military, War

The man who does something under orders is not unhappy; he is unhappy who does something against his will.

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Men, Order, Unhappy

The comfort of having a friend may be taken away, but not that of having had one.

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Best Friend, Prayer, Inspirational Life

Prudence and love cannot be mixed; you can end love, but never moderate it.

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And Love, Ends, Prudence

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