I am ashamed of my master and not of my servitude.
SENECA THE YOUNGERYou cannot escape necessities, but you can overcome them.
More Seneca the Younger Quotes
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That loss is most discreditable which is caused by negligence.
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Who shrinks from knowledge of his calamities but aggravates his fear; troubles half seen, shall torture all the more.
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Virtue with some is nothing but successful temerity.
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Genius always gives its best at first; prudence, at last.
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While we are postponing, life speeds by.
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It is expedient for the victor to wish for peace restored; for the vanquished it is necessary.
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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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Whatever begins, also ends.
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If God adds another day to our life, let us receive it gladly.
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He who would arrive at the appointed end must follow a single road and not wander through many ways.
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You learn to know a pilot in a storm.
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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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The foundation of the true joy is in the conscience.
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He who is brave is free.
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You cannot escape necessities, but you can overcome them.
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