Luck is preparation multiplied by opportunity.
SENECA THE YOUNGERIt is proof of a bad cause when it is applauded by the mob.
More Seneca the Younger Quotes
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Slavery holds few men fast; the greater number hold fast their slavery.
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Reasons for anxiety will never be lacking, whether born of prosperity or of wretchedness; life pushes on in a succession of engrossments. We shall always pray for leisure.
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It is the sign of a weak mind to be unable to bear wealth.
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Where fear is, happiness is not.
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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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He robs present ills of their power who has perceived their coming beforehand.
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On him does death lie heavily, who, but too well known to all, dies to himself unknown.
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Drunkenness is simply voluntary insanity.
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To the stars through difficulties.
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I had rather never receive a kindness than never bestow one.
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As long as we are among humans, let us be humane.
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The man who while he gives thinks of what he will get in return, deserves to be deceived.
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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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Be silent as to services you have rendered, but speak of favours you have received.
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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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