The philosopher: he alone knows how to live for himself. He is the one, in fact, who knows the fundamental thing: how to live.
SENECA THE YOUNGERHesitation is the best cure for anger. The first blows of anger are heavy, but if it waits, it will think again.
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Every new beginning comes from some other beginning’s end.
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He that does good to another does good also to himself, not only in the consequence but in the very act. For the consciousness of well-doing is in itself ample reward.
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Light is that grief which counsel can allay.
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Consider, when you are enraged at any one, what you would probably think if he should die during the dispute.
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Genius always gives its best at first; prudence, at last.
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The wise man will always reflect concerning the quality not the quantity of life.
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The sun shines even on the wicked.
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You learn to know a pilot in a storm.
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To the stars through difficulties.
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God is near you, is with you, is inside you.
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You learn to know a pilot in a storm.
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The point is, not how long you live, but how nobly you live.
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The part of life which we really live is short.
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It’s not that we have a short time to live, but that we waste a lot of it.
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Courage leads to heaven; fear leads to death.
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