If a man knows not to which port he sails, no wind is favorable.
SENECA THE YOUNGERThe kind of solace that arises from having company in misery is spiteful.
More Seneca the Younger Quotes
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One must take all one’s life to learn how to leave, and what will perhaps make you wonder more, one must take all one’s life to learn how to die.
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There is more heroism in self-denial than in deeds of arms.
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The young man must store up, the old man must use.
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The willing, destiny guides them; the unwilling, destiny drags them.
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The shortest road to wealth lies in the contempt of wealth.
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Dangerous is wrath concealed. Hatred proclaimed doth lose its chance of wreaking vengeance.
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Let no man give advice to others that he has not first given himself.
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Prudence will punish to prevent crime, not to avenge it.
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The sun shines even on the wicked.
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While we are postponing, life speeds by.
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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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It is quality rather than quantity that matters.
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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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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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There is no greater punishment of wickedness that that it is dissatisfied with itself and its deeds.
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The part of life which we really live is short.
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The language of truth is unvarnished enough.
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I am like a book, with pages that have stuck together for want of use: my mind needs unpacking and the truths stored within must be turned over from time to time, to be ready when occasion demands.
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There is nothing wrong with changing a plan when the situation has changed.
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It is easier to grow in dignity than to make a start.
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Whatever we owe, it is our part to find where to pay it, and to do it without asking, too; for whether the creditor be good or bad, the debt is still the same.
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We should live as if we were in public view, and think, too, as if someone could peer into the inmost recesses of our hearts-which someone can!
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Courage leads to heaven; fear leads to death.
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People do not die – they kill themselves.
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If you judge, investigate.
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The mind unlearns with difficulty what it has long learned.
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