Drunkenness does not create vice; it merely brings it into view.
SENECA THE YOUNGERHe that does good to another does good also to himself, not only in the consequence but in the very act. For the consciousness of well-doing is in itself ample reward.
More Seneca the Younger Quotes
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Religion is regarded by the common people as true, by the wise as false, and by rulers as useful.
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The foundation of the true joy is in the conscience.
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Those who boast of their descent, brag on what they owe to others.
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How much better to pursue a straight course and eventually reach that destination where the things that are pleasant are the things that are honorable finally become, for you, the same.
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The mind unlearns with difficulty what it has long learned.
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A man can refrain from wanting what he has not and cheerfully make the best of a bird in the hand.
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It is easier to grow in dignity than to make a start.
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If God adds another day to our life, let us receive it gladly.
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Every new beginning comes from some other beginning’s end.
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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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As the soil, however rich it may be, cannot be productive without cultivation, so the mind without culture can never produce good fruit
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It is medicine, not scenery, for which a sick man must go searching.
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The expression of truth is simplicity.
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Luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity.
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Who-only let him be a man and intent upon honor-is not eager for the honorable ordeal and prompt to assume perilous duties? To what energetic man is not idleness a punishment?
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