There is no easy way from the earth to the stars.
SENECA THE YOUNGERThat poverty is no disaster is understood by everyone who has not yet succumbed to the madness of greed and luxury that turns everything topsy-turvy.
More Seneca the Younger Quotes
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Of war men ask the outcome, not the cause.
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You cannot escape necessities, but you can overcome them.
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The hour which gives us life begins to take it away.
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Drunkenness doesn’t create vices, but it brings them to the fore.
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Let him that hath done the good office conceal it; let him that received it disclose it.
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In the meantime, cling tooth and nail to the following rule: not to give in to adversity, not to trust prosperity, and always take full note of fortune’s habit of behaving just as she pleases.
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Watch over yourself. Be your own accuser, then your judge; ask yourself grace sometimes, and, if there is need, impose upon yourself some pain.
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Go on and increase in valor, O boy! this is the path to immortality.
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We become wiser by adversity; prosperity destroys our appreciation of the right.” “True happiness is … to enjoy the present” “It is not because things are difficult that we do not dare; it is because we do not dare that they are difficult.
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Hesitation is the best cure for anger. The first blows of anger are heavy, but if it waits, it will think again.
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The fearful face usually betrays great guilt.
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The greater part of progress is the desire to progress.
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How great would be our peril if our slaves began to number us!
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When once ambition has passed its natural limits, its progress is boundless.
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Be not too hasty either with praise or blame; speak always as though you were giving evidence before the judgement-seat of the Gods.
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