There is no genius free from some tincture of madness

Quote by Seneca

Topics: Genius Quotes, Madness Quotes

Leisure without literature is death and burial alive.

Leisure without literature is death and burial alive.

The mind unlearns with difficulty what it has long learned.

The mind unlearns with difficulty what it has long learned.

Advice is worth what you pay for it

Advice is worth what you pay for it

Light griefs are plaintive , but great ones are dumb

Light griefs are plaintive , but great ones are dumb

To forgive all is as inhuman as to forgive none

To forgive all is as inhuman as to forgive none

The day which we fear as our last is but the birthday of eternity.

The day which we fear as our last is but the birthday of eternity.

While we teach, we learn.

While we teach, we learn.

Fidelity that is bought with money may be overcome with money.

Fidelity that is bought with money may be overcome with money.

Abstinence is easier than temperance

Abstinence is easier than temperance

The belly will not listen to advice

The belly will not listen to advice

He is most powerful who has power over himself

He is most powerful who has power over himself

It is extreme evil to depart from the company of the living before you die

It is extreme evil to depart from the company of the living before you die

Every man prefers belief to the exercise of judgment.

Every man prefers belief to the exercise of judgment.

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...

Every new beginning comes from some other beginning's end.

Every new beginning comes from some other beginning's end.

Tis a human trait to hate one you have wronged

Tis a human trait to hate one you have wronged

He who is brave is free.

He who is brave is free.

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.

So long as we are loved by others I should say that we are almost...

So long as we are loved by others I should say that we are almost...

It's much easier to turn a friendship into love, than love into friendship.

It's much easier to turn a friendship into love, than love into friendship.

A true friend is the greatest of all blessings, and that which we take the...

A true friend is the greatest of all blessings, and that which we take the...