That loss is most discreditable which is caused by negligence.
SENECA THE YOUNGERThe greatest man is he who chooses right with the most invincible resolution.
More Seneca the Younger Quotes
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The language of truth is unvarnished enough.
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There has not been any great talent without an element of madness. -Nullum magnum ingenium sine mixtura dementiae fuit
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A great step towards independence is a good-humored stomach, one that is willing to endure rough treatment.
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The chief bond of the soldier is his oath of allegiance and love for the flag.
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If we let things terrify us, life will not be worth living.
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He who has made a fair compact with poverty is rich.
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Truth will never be tedious unto him that travelleth in the secrets of nature; there is nothing but falsehood that glutteth us.
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It’s the admirer and the watcher who provoke us to all the inanities we commit.
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While crime is punished it yet increases.
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Diligence is a very great help even to a mediocre intelligence. -Diligentia maximum etiam mediocris ingeni subsidium
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Genius always gives its best at first; prudence, at last.
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Begin at once to live, and count each day as a separate life.
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Our (the Stoic) motto, as you know, is live according to nature.
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Misfortune is the test of a person’s merit.
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It is safer to offend certain men than it is to oblige them; for as proof that they owe nothing they seek recourse in hatred.
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