A Quote by Seneca the Younger
There is nothing more miserable and foolish than anticipation.
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There is nothing more foolish than a foolish laugh. Risu inepto res ineptior nulla est
There is nothing more foolish, nothing more given to outrage than a useless mob.
Anticipation! It occurred to him that his anticipation was more pleasant to him than the experiencing.
There is nothing more to be said or to be done tonight, so hand me over my violin and let us try to forget for half an hour the miserable weather and the still more miserable ways of our fellowmen.
Nothing in the world is permanent, and we’re foolish when we ask anything to last, but surely we’re still more foolish not to take delight in it while we have it.
No one is more miserable than the person who wills everything and can do nothing.
It is only certain that there is nothing certain, and that nothing is more miserable or more proud than man.
The person who has nothing for which he is willing to fight, nothing which is more important than his own personal safety, is a miserable creature and has no chance of being free unless made and kept so by the exertions of better men than himself.
A man who has nothing for which he is willing to fight, nothing which is more important than his own personal safety, is a miserable creature and has no chance of being free unless made and kept so by the exertions of better men than himself.
Nothing looks more foolish than tradition to those who have none.
It seems to me that nothing would be more foolish than to re-establish the worship of Wotan. Our old mythology ceased to be viable when Christianity implanted itself. Nothing dies unless it is moribund.
There is no more miserable human being than one in whom nothing is habitual but indecision.
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The artist must be like that Marine. He has to know how to be miserable. He has to love being miserable. He has to take pride in being more miserable than any soldier or swabbie or jet jockey. Because this is war, baby. And war is hell.
Blessed is the servant who esteems himself no more highly when he is praised and exalted by people than when he is considered worthless, foolish, and to be despised; since what a man is before God, that he is and nothing more.
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