The mind is never right but when it is at peace within itself.
SENECA THE YOUNGERLet no man give advice to others that he has not first given himself.
More Seneca the Younger Quotes
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He who has made a fair compact with poverty is rich.
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Genius always gives its best at first; prudence, at last.
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When once ambition has passed its natural limits, its progress is boundless.
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There is no satisfaction in any good without a companion.
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Reason wishes that the judgement it gives be just; anger wishes that the judgement it has given seem to be just.
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The mind unlearns with difficulty what it has long learned.
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Nothing is more hateful to wisdom than to much cunning.
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What narrow innocence it is for one to be good only according to the law.
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The willing, destiny guides them; the unwilling, destiny drags them.
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No choice maxims – we Stoics don’t practice that kind of window dressing.
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Four things does a reckless man gain who covets his neighbor’s wife – demerit, an uncomfortable bed, thirdly, punishment, and lastly, hell.
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Set aside a certain number of days, during which you shall be content with the scantiest and cheapest fare, with course and rough dress, saying to yourself the while: ” Is this the condition that I feared?”
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Virtue with some is nothing but successful temerity.
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Wealth is the slave of a wise man. The master of a fool.
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Luck is preparation multiplied by opportunity.
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