Human society is like an arch, kept from falling by the mutual pressure of its parts
SENECA THE YOUNGERA sword by itself does not slay; it is merely the weapon used by the slayer.
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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You cannot, I repeat, successfully acquire it and preserve your modesty at the same time.
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Begin at once to live, and count each day as a separate life.
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The vices of idleness are only to be shaken off by active employment.
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It is safer to offend certain men than it is to oblige them; for as proof that they owe nothing they seek recourse in hatred.
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What view is one likely to take of the state of a person’s mind when his speech is wild and incoherent and knows no constraint?
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To be always fortunate, and to pass through life with a soul that has never known sorrow, is to be ignorant of one half of nature.
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Luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity.
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Revenge is an inhuman word.
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Epileptics know by signs when attacks are imminent and take precautions accordingly; we must do the same in regard to anger
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In whatever direction you turn, you will see God coming to meet you; nothing is void of him, he himself fills all his work.
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We ought to take outdoor walks, to refresh and raise our spirits by deep breathing in the open air.
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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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Whatever we owe, it is our part to find where to pay it, and to do it without asking, too; for whether the creditor be good or bad, the debt is still the same.
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As the soil, however rich it may be, cannot be productive without cultivation, so the mind without culture can never produce good fruit
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