To be enslaved to oneself is the heaviest of all servitudes.-
SENECA THE YOUNGERThat which has been endured with difficulty is remedied with delight.
More Seneca the Younger Quotes
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What progress have I made? I am beginning to be my own friend. That is progress indeed
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That day which you fear as being the end of all things is the birthday of your eternity.
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Men do not care how nobly they live, but only how long, although it is within the reach of every man to live nobly, but within no man’s power to live long.
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Human society is like an arch, kept from falling by the mutual pressure of its parts
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If a man knows not to which port he sails, no wind is favorable.
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You learn to know a pilot in a storm.
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For many men, the acquisition of wealth does not end their troubles, it only changes them.
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No man is more unhappy than he who never faces adversity. For he is not permitted to prove himself.
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Whenever you hold a fellow creature in distress, remember that he is a man.
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Death is a punishment to some, to others a gift and to many a favour.
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Nothing is more hateful to wisdom than to much cunning.
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Vice may be learnt, even without a teacher
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Why do I not seek some real good; one which I could feel, not one which I could display?
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Why do people not confess vices? It is because they have not yet laid them aside. It is a waking person only who can tell their dreams.
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Let the weary at length possess quiet rest.
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