All my life I have been seeking to climb out of the pit of my besetting sins and I cannot do it and I never will unless a hand is let down to draw me up.
SENECA THE YOUNGERThe mind is never right but when it is at peace within itself.
More Seneca the Younger Quotes
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It is the fault of youth that it cannot restrain its own impetuosity.
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Misfortune is the test of a person’s merit.
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Precepts are the rules by which we ought to square our lives. When they are contracted into sentences, they strike the affections; whereas admonition is only blowing of the coal.
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Its harder for people to seek retirement from themselves than from the law
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Nobody becomes guilty by fate.
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For many men, the acquisition of wealth does not end their troubles, it only changes them.
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People do not die – they kill themselves.
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It is the mind that makes us rich and happy, in what condition soever we are, and money signifies no more to it than it does to the gods.
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Be harsh with yourself at times.
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Luck never made a man wise.
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The Fates guide those who go willingly. Those who do not, they drag.
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The point is, not how long you live, but how nobly you live.
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To live is not a blessing, but to live well.
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Luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity.
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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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