Luck is preparation multiplied by opportunity.
SENECA THE YOUNGERThat day which you fear as being the end of all things is the birthday of your eternity.
More Seneca the Younger Quotes
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Its harder for people to seek retirement from themselves than from the law
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Drunkenness is simply voluntary insanity.
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He who repents of having sinned is almost innocent.
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To govern was to serve, not to rule.
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The sun shines even on the wicked.
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Just as I shall select my ship when I am about to go on a voyage, or my house when I propose to take a residence, so shall I choose my death when I am about to depart from life.
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Men do not care how nobly they live, but only how long, although it is within the reach of every man to live nobly, but within no man’s power to live long.
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Nothing is more hateful to wisdom than to much cunning.
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There is nothing in the world so much admired as a man who knows how to bear unhappiness with courage.
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Be silent as to services you have rendered, but speak of favours you have received.
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A great fortune is a great slavery.
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Demand not that I am the equal of the greatest, only that I am better than the wicked.
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Let the weary at length possess quiet rest.
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The most imperious masters over their own servants are at the same time the most abject slaves to the servants of others.
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Wealth is the slave of a wise man. The master of a fool.
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