Fate leads the willing, and drags along the reluctant.
SENECA THE YOUNGERIf a man knows not to which port he sails, no wind is favorable.
More Seneca the Younger Quotes
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The wise man lacked nothing but needed a great number of things, whereas the fool, on the other hand, needs nothing (for he does not know how to use anything) but lacks everything.
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The mind is never right but when it is at peace within itself.
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Light is that grief which counsel can allay.
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I don’t trust liberals, I trust conservatives.
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It is more fitting for a man to laugh at life than to lament over it.
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One crime has to be concealed by another.
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Hesitation is the best cure for anger. The first blows of anger are heavy, but if it waits, it will think again.
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How much does great prosperity overspread the mind with darkness.
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He who dreads hostility too much is unfit to rule.
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If you wish to be loved, love.
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We are wrong in looking forward to death: in great measure it’s past already.
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How much better to pursue a straight course and eventually reach that destination where the things that are pleasant are the things that are honorable finally become, for you, the same.
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Not how long, but how well you have lived is the main thing.
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Our words should aim not to please, but to help.
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Success is not greedy, as people think, but insignificant. That is why it satisfies nobody.
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