Time hath often cured the wound which reason failed to heal.
SENECA THE YOUNGERThere is nothing wrong with changing a plan when the situation has changed.
More Seneca the Younger Quotes
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Greatness stands upon a precipice, and if prosperity carries a man never so little beyond his poise, it overbears and dashes him to pieces.
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Courage leads to heaven; fear leads to death.
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To the stars through difficulties.
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The Fates guide those who go willingly. Those who do not, they drag.
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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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Prudence will punish to prevent crime, not to avenge it.
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Drunkenness does not create vice; it merely brings it into view.
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Shall I tell you what the real evil is? To cringe to the things that are called evils, to surrender to them our freedom, in defiance of which we ought to face any suffering.
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To live is not a blessing, but to live well.
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It’s not that we have a short time to live, but that we waste a lot of it.
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The road by precepts is tedious, by example, short and efficacious.
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His head was turned by too great success.
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People do not die – they kill themselves.
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You can only acquire it successfully if you cease to feel any sense of shame.
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Religion worships God, while superstition profanes that worship.
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