Drunkenness is nothing but voluntary madness.

Quote by Seneca

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Life is a gift of the immortal Gods, but living well is the gift of...

Life is a gift of the immortal Gods, but living well is the gift of...

If you judge, investigate

If you judge, investigate

We should every night call ourselves to an account: what infirmity have I mastered today?...

We should every night call ourselves to an account: what infirmity have I mastered today?...

Ignorant people see life as either existence or non-existence, but wise men see it beyond...

Ignorant people see life as either existence or non-existence, but wise men see it beyond...

There is no evil that does not promise inducements. Avarice promises money; luxury, a varied...

There is no evil that does not promise inducements. Avarice promises money; luxury, a varied...

For greed, all nature is too little.

For greed, all nature is too little.

The courts of kings are full of men, empty of friends.

The courts of kings are full of men, empty of friends.

Man at his birth is content with a little milk and a piece of flannel:...

Man at his birth is content with a little milk and a piece of flannel:...

It is another's fault if he be ungrateful, but it is mine if I do...

It is another's fault if he be ungrateful, but it is mine if I do...

Laugh at your problems; everybody else does.

Laugh at your problems; everybody else does.

He who profits by a crime commits it

He who profits by a crime commits it

Night brings our troubles to the light, rather than banishes them.

Night brings our troubles to the light, rather than banishes them.

To greed, all nature is insufficient.

To greed, all nature is insufficient.

Economy is too late when you are at the bottom of your purse...

Economy is too late when you are at the bottom of your purse...

Whatever is to make us better and happy, God has placed either openly before us...

Whatever is to make us better and happy, God has placed either openly before us...

A great step towards independence is good humored stomach

A great step towards independence is good humored stomach

As it is with a play, so it is with life, what matters is not...

As it is with a play, so it is with life, what matters is not...

He who boasts of his ancestry praises the merits of another

He who boasts of his ancestry praises the merits of another

One who is proud of ancestry is like a turnip; there is nothing good of...

One who is proud of ancestry is like a turnip; there is nothing good of...

I have often noticed that ancestors never boast of the descendants who boast of ancestors....

I have often noticed that ancestors never boast of the descendants who boast of ancestors....