It is the sign of a weak mind to be unable to bear wealth.
SENECA THE YOUNGERWhat others think of us would be of little moment did it not, when known, so deeply tinge what we think of ourselves.
More Seneca the Younger Quotes
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Who timidly requests invites refusal.
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Time discovers truth.
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I persist on praising not the life I lead, but that which I ought to lead. I follow it at a mighty distance, crawling
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Desultory reading is delightful, but to be beneficial, our reading must be carefully directed.
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The greater part of progress is the desire to progress.
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All my life I have been seeking to climb out of the pit of my besetting sins and I cannot do it and I never will unless a hand is let down to draw me up.
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You learn to know a pilot in a storm.
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He that does good to another does good also to himself, not only in the consequence but in the very act. For the consciousness of well-doing is in itself ample reward.
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We have lost morals, justice, honor, piety and faith, and that sense of shame which, once lost, can never be restored.
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The kind of solace that arises from having company in misery is spiteful.
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We become wiser by adversity; prosperity destroys our appreciation of the right.” “True happiness is … to enjoy the present” “It is not because things are difficult that we do not dare; it is because we do not dare that they are difficult.
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Religion is regarded by the common people as true, by the wise as false, and by rulers as useful.
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Whenever you hold a fellow creature in distress, remember that he is a man.
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There is no satisfaction in any good without a companion.
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There’s one blessing only, the source and cornerstone of beatitude: confidence in self.
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