Luck is preparation multiplied by opportunity.
SENECA THE YOUNGERTo be enslaved to oneself is the heaviest of all servitudes.-
More Seneca the Younger Quotes
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Success is not greedy, as people think, but insignificant. That is why it satisfies nobody.
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I was not born for one corner. The whole world is my native land.
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The mind is never right but when it is at peace within itself.
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It’s unknown the place and uncertain the time where death awaits you; thus you must expect death to find you, every time, at every place.
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The intellect must not be kept at consistent tension, but diverted by pastimes…. The mind must have relaxation, and will rise stronger and keener after recreation.
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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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Every journey has an end.
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Whenever you hold a fellow creature in distress, remember that he is a man.
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The chief bond of the soldier is his oath of allegiance and love for the flag.
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There’s no delight in owning anything unshared.
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Successful crime is dignified with the name of virtue; the good become the slaves of the wicked; might makes right; fear silences the power of the law.
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If God adds another day to our life, let us receive it gladly.
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The point is, not how long you live, but how nobly you live.
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It is expedient for the victor to wish for peace restored; for the vanquished it is necessary.
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The hour which gives us life begins to take it away.
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