Luck is preparation multiplied by opportunity.
SENECA THE YOUNGERTo live is not a blessing, but to live well.
More Seneca the Younger Quotes
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I had rather never receive a kindness than never bestow one.
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You want to live-but do you know how to live? You are scared of dying-and, tell me, is the kind of life you lead really any different from being dead?
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There is no satisfaction in any good without a companion.
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What narrow innocence it is for one to be good only according to the law.
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The first step towards amendment is the recognition of error.
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Every journey has an end.
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The poor are not the people with less, which is less desirable
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While crime is punished it yet increases.
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It is to the interest of the commonwealth of mankind that there should be someone who is unconquered, someone against whom fortune has no power.
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It is the sign of a weak mind to be unable to bear wealth.
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Religion is regarded by the common people as true, by the wise as false, and by rulers as useful.
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There is as much greatness of mind in acknowledging a good turn, as in doing it.
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Where fear is, happiness is not.
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The man who while he gives thinks of what he will get in return, deserves to be deceived.
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A thousand approaches lie open to death.
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It’s the admirer and the watcher who provoke us to all the inanities we commit.
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I am like a book, with pages that have stuck together for want of use: my mind needs unpacking and the truths stored within must be turned over from time to time, to be ready when occasion demands.
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Why will no man confess his faults? Because he continues to indulge in them; a man cannot tell his dream till he wakes.
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For many men, the acquisition of wealth does not end their troubles, it only changes them.
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A great step towards independence is a good-humored stomach, one that is willing to endure rough treatment.
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Religion worships God, while superstition profanes that worship.
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There is nothing wrong with changing a plan when the situation has changed.
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If you are wise, You will mingle one thing with the other- Not hoping without doubt; Not doubting without hope.
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Drunkenness doesn’t create vices, but it brings them to the fore.
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Who shrinks from knowledge of his calamities but aggravates his fear; troubles half seen, shall torture all the more.
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Successful crime is dignified with the name of virtue; the good become the slaves of the wicked; might makes right; fear silences the power of the law.
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