What must be shall be; and that which is a necessity to him that struggles, is little more than choice to him that is willing.
SENECA THE YOUNGERIf you are wise, You will mingle one thing with the other- Not hoping without doubt; Not doubting without hope.
More Seneca the Younger Quotes
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Let him that hath done the good office conceal it; let him that received it disclose it.
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There’s no delight in owning anything unshared.
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The greater part of progress is the desire to progress.
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He robs present ills of their power who has perceived their coming beforehand.
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Be silent as to services you have rendered, but speak of favours you have received.
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Where fear is, happiness is not.
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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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Persistent kindness conquers the ill-disposed.
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While we are postponing, life speeds by.
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The expression of truth is simplicity.
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A young man respects and looks up to his teachers.
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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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Indolence is stagnation; employment is life.
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Choose as a guide one whom you will admire more when you see him act than when you hear him speak.
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No man finds it difficult to return to nature except the man who has deserted nature.
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