Every new beginning comes from some other beginning’s end.
SENECA THE YOUNGERAfter death there is nothing.
More Seneca the Younger Quotes
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Why will no man confess his faults? Because he continues to indulge in them; a man cannot tell his dream till he wakes.
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The greatest man is he who chooses right with the most invincible resolution.
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Truth will never be tedious unto him that travelleth in the secrets of nature; there is nothing but falsehood that glutteth us.
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[During difficult times and after mistakes and failures it is helpful to remember …] Oftentimes calamity turns to our advantage and great ruins make way for greater glories.
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When one is friend on himself, also is friend of everybody.
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That loss is most discreditable which is caused by negligence.
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People do not die – they kill themselves.
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Shall I tell you what the real evil is? To cringe to the things that are called evils, to surrender to them our freedom, in defiance of which we ought to face any suffering.
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If we let things terrify us, life will not be worth living.
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There is no easy way from the earth to the stars.
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There’s one blessing only, the source and cornerstone of beatitude: confidence in self.
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He who repents of having sinned is almost innocent.
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It is expedient for the victor to wish for peace restored; for the vanquished it is necessary.
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Nothing is more hateful to wisdom than to much cunning.
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It is a world of mischief that may be done by a single example of avarice or luxury. One voluptuous palate makes many more.
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