There is no easy way from the earth to the stars.
SENECA THE YOUNGERA man can refrain from wanting what he has not and cheerfully make the best of a bird in the hand.
More Seneca the Younger Quotes
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The swiftness of time is infinite, as is still more evident when we look back on the past.
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People do not die – they kill themselves.
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Prosperity asks for fidelity; adversity exacts it.
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The young man must store up, the old man must use.
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Revenge is an inhuman word.
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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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Let the weary at length possess quiet rest.
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I was not born for one corner. The whole world is my native land.
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Leisure without literature is death and burial alive.
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The foundation of the true joy is in the conscience.
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The mind unlearns with difficulty what it has long learned.
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For many men, the acquisition of wealth does not end their troubles, it only changes them.
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There is no satisfaction in any good without a companion.
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Difficulties strengthen the mind, as labor does the body.
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Behold a contest worthy of a god, a brave man matched in conflict with adversity.
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