Nothing is as certain as that the vices of leisure are gotten rid of by being busy.
SENECA THE YOUNGERHe that lays down precepts for the governing of our lives, and moderating our passions, obliges humanity not only in the present, but in all future generations.
More Seneca the Younger Quotes
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Revenge is an inhuman word.
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If you will fear nothing, think that all things are to be feared.
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The Best sign of Wisdom is the consistency between the words and deeds.
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To the believers it is true. To the wise it is false. To the leaders it is useful.
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As long as you live, learn how to live.
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It is the sign of a weak mind to be unable to bear wealth.
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Such as the chain of causes we call Fate, such is the chain of wishes: one links on to another; the whole man is bound in the chain of wishing for ever.
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We have not to talk, but to steer the vessel.
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Luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity.
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Drunkenness doesn’t create vices, but it brings them to the fore.
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Eternal law has arranged nothing better than this, that it has given us one way in to life, but many ways out.
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The sun shines even on the wicked.
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No man finds it difficult to return to nature except the man who has deserted nature.
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There is no greater punishment of wickedness that that it is dissatisfied with itself and its deeds.
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Enjoy present pleasures in such a way as not to injure future ones.
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