The first proof of a well-ordered mind is to be able to pause and linger within itself.
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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That day which you fear as being the end of all things is the birthday of your eternity.
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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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The hour which gives us life begins to take it away.
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But when you are looking on anyone as a friend when you do not trust him as you trust yourself, you are making a grave mistake, and have failed to grasp sufficiently the full force of true friendship.
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Associate with people who are likely to improve you.
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No untroubled day has ever dawned for me.
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What narrow innocence it is for one to be good only according to the law.
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There has not been any great talent without an element of madness. -Nullum magnum ingenium sine mixtura dementiae fuit
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If God adds another day to our life, let us receive it gladly.
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It’s the admirer and the watcher who provoke us to all the inanities we commit.
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You learn to know a pilot in a storm.
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Every journey has an end.
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Don’t stumble over something behind you.
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No one can be despised by another until he has learned to despise himself.
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Demand not that I am the equal of the greatest, only that I am better than the wicked.
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