There is nothing more miserable and foolish than anticipation.
SENECA THE YOUNGERWe are born to lose and to perish, to hope and to fear, to vex ourselves and others; and there is no antidote against a common calamity but virtue; for the foundation of true joy is in the conscience.
More Seneca the Younger Quotes
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It is by the benefit of letters that absent friends are in a manner brought together.
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A man can refrain from wanting what he has not and cheerfully make the best of a bird in the hand.
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The foundation of the true joy is in the conscience.
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If we desire to judge justly, we must persuade ourselves that none of us is without sin.
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Luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity.
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The point is, not how long you live, but how nobly you live.
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The chief bond of the soldier is his oath of allegiance and love for the flag.
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Associate with people who are likely to improve you.
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Disease is not of the body but of the place.
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The highest duty and the highest proof of wisdom – that deed and word should be in accord.
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Slavery holds few men fast; the greater number hold fast their slavery.
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Revenge is an inhuman word.
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If you are wise, You will mingle one thing with the other- Not hoping without doubt; Not doubting without hope.
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A great step towards independence is a good-humored stomach, one that is willing to endure rough treatment.
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Wisdom does not show itself so much in precept as in life – in firmness of mind and a mastery of appetite. It teaches us to do as well as to talk; and to make our words and actions all of a color.
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