The greatest man is he who chooses right with the most invincible resolution.
SENECA THE YOUNGERGenius always gives its best at first; prudence, at last.
More Seneca the Younger Quotes
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You learn to know a pilot in a storm.
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Indolence is stagnation; employment is life.
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We are taught for the schoolroom, not for life.
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Light is that grief which counsel can allay.
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As long as we are among humans, let us be humane.
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It is another’s fault if he be ungrateful, but it is mine if I do not give. To find one thankful man, I will oblige a great many that are not so.
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Study rather to fill your mind than your coffers; knowing that gold and silver were originally mingled with dirt, until avarice or ambition parted them.
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Poverty needs much, avarice everything.
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Our words should aim not to please, but to help.
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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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Associate with people who are likely to improve you.
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There is no satisfaction in any good without a companion.
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There is nothing more miserable and foolish than anticipation.
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Of war men ask the outcome, not the cause.
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The customs of that most criminal nation (Israel) have gained such strength that they have now been received in all lands. The conquered have given laws to the conquerors.
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