There is no evil that does not promise inducements. Avarice promises money; luxury, a varied assortment of pleasures; ambition, a purple robe and applause. Vices tempt you by the rewards they offer.

Quote by Seneca

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Life's like a play; it's not the length but the excellence of the acting that...

Life's like a play; it's not the length but the excellence of the acting that...

Abstinence is easier than temperance

Abstinence is easier than temperance

So enjoy present pleasures as to not mar those to come.

So enjoy present pleasures as to not mar those to come.

Anger is like those ruins which smash themselves on what they fall.

Anger is like those ruins which smash themselves on what they fall.

Laws do not persuade because they threaten

Laws do not persuade because they threaten

Live among men as if God beheld you; speak to God as if men were...

Live among men as if God beheld you; speak to God as if men were...

He who does not prevent a crime when he can, encourages it.

He who does not prevent a crime when he can, encourages it.

Old age is an incurable disease.

Old age is an incurable disease.

Everything is the product of one universal creative effort. There is nothing dead in Nature.

Everything is the product of one universal creative effort. There is nothing dead in Nature.

The bad fortune of the good turns their faces up to heaven; the good fortune...

The bad fortune of the good turns their faces up to heaven; the good fortune...

If you wish to be loved, love

If you wish to be loved, love

Those that are a friend to themselves are sure to be a friend to all.

Those that are a friend to themselves are sure to be a friend to all.

If wisdom were offered me with this restriction, that I should keep it close and...

If wisdom were offered me with this restriction, that I should keep it close and...

A great mind becomes a great fortune.

A great mind becomes a great fortune.

Friendship always benefits; love sometimes injures.

Friendship always benefits; love sometimes injures.

The true felicity of life is to be free from anxieties and perturbations; to understand...

The true felicity of life is to be free from anxieties and perturbations; to understand...

There are none more abusive to others than they that lie most open to it...

There are none more abusive to others than they that lie most open to it...

No man ever became wise by chance

No man ever became wise by chance

Few persons have sufficient wisdom to prefer censure, which is useful, to praise which deceives...

Few persons have sufficient wisdom to prefer censure, which is useful, to praise which deceives...

Life isn't all haha hehe.

Life isn't all haha hehe.