The willing, destiny guides them; the unwilling, destiny drags them.
SENECA THE YOUNGERNothing is as certain as that the vices of leisure are gotten rid of by being busy.
More Seneca the Younger Quotes
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Bear in mind that you commit a crime by injuring even a wicked brother.
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What others think of us would be of little moment did it not, when known, so deeply tinge what we think of ourselves.
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That which has been endured with difficulty is remedied with delight.
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Epicurus says, “gratitude is a virtue that has commonly profit annexed to it.” And where is the virtue that has not? But still the virtue is to be valued for itself, and not for the profit that attends it.
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May be is very well, but Must is the master. It is my duty to show justice without recompense.
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Every journey has an end.
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Drunkenness is simply voluntary insanity.
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I was not born for one corner. The whole world is my native land.
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Wealth is the slave of a wise man. The master of a fool.
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Genius always gives its best at first; prudence, at last.
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Our plans miscarry because they have no aim.
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Who-only let him be a man and intent upon honor-is not eager for the honorable ordeal and prompt to assume perilous duties? To what energetic man is not idleness a punishment?
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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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To forgive all is as inhuman as to forgive none
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The expression of truth is simplicity.
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