Such as the chain of causes we call Fate, such is the chain of wishes: one links on to another; the whole man is bound in the chain of wishing for ever.
SENECA THE YOUNGERThe swiftness of time is infinite, as is still more evident when we look back on the past.
More Seneca the Younger Quotes
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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.
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So live with men as if God saw you and speak to God, as if men heard you.
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It is the sign of a weak mind to be unable to bear wealth.
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Where reason fails, time oft has worked a cure.
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The shortest road to wealth lies in the contempt of wealth.
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Indolence is stagnation; employment is life.
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There’s one blessing only, the source and cornerstone of beatitude: confidence in self.
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The comfort of having a friend may be taken away, but not that of having had one.
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Our plans miscarry because they have no aim.
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Drunkenness does not create vice; it merely brings it into view.
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He grieves more than is necessary who grieves before any cause for sorrow has arisen.
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I had rather never receive a kindness than never bestow one.
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Modesty once extinguished knows not how to return.
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Leisure without literature is death and burial alive.
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The swiftness of time is infinite, as is still more evident when we look back on the past.
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