He who has made a fair compact with poverty is rich.
SENECA THE YOUNGERThe man who while he gives thinks of what he will get in return, deserves to be deceived.
More Seneca the Younger Quotes
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No untroubled day has ever dawned for me.
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Be not too hasty either with praise or blame; speak always as though you were giving evidence before the judgement-seat of the Gods.
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He who would arrive at the appointed end must follow a single road and not wander through many ways.
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It is quality rather than quantity that matters.
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Luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity.
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Difficulties strengthen the mind, as labor does the body.
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You learn to know a pilot in a storm.
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Nobody becomes guilty by fate.
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We should live as if we were in public view, and think, too, as if someone could peer into the inmost recesses of our hearts-which someone can!
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Associate with people who are likely to improve you.
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Men learn while they teach.
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Tranqility is a certain quality of mind, which no condition or fortune can either exalt or depress.
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What narrow innocence it is for one to be good only according to the law.
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All art is but imitation of nature.
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Let him that hath done the good office conceal it; let him that received it disclose it.
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