Our plans miscarry because they have no aim.
SENECA THE YOUNGERTrue joy is a serene and sober motion; and they are miserably out so that take laughing for rejoicing; the seat of it is within, and there is no cheerfulness like the resolutions of a brave mind.
More Seneca the Younger Quotes
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When you see a man in distress, recognize him as a fellow man.
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Dangerous is wrath concealed. Hatred proclaimed doth lose its chance of wreaking vengeance.
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The true felicity of life is to be free from anxieties and pertubations; to understand and do our duties to God and man, and to enjoy the present without any serious dependence on the future.
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Nobody will keep the thing he hears to himself, and nobody will repeat just what he hears and no more.
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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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No crime has been without a precedent.
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I was not born for one corner. The whole world is my native land.
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Not how long, but how well you have lived is the main thing.
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To the stars through difficulties.
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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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The customs of that most criminal nation (Israel) have gained such strength that they have now been received in all lands. The conquered have given laws to the conquerors.
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Men learn while they teach.
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I am ashamed of my master and not of my servitude.
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All my life I have been seeking to climb out of the pit of my besetting sins and I cannot do it and I never will unless a hand is let down to draw me up.
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While crime is punished it yet increases.
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