Our plans miscarry because they have no aim.
SENECA THE YOUNGEROur plans miscarry because they have no aim.
SENECA THE YOUNGERWhatever we owe, it is our part to find where to pay it, and to do it without asking, too; for whether the creditor be good or bad, the debt is still the same.
SENECA THE YOUNGERThere’s no delight in owning anything unshared.
SENECA THE YOUNGERRevenge is an inhuman word.
SENECA THE YOUNGERStudy rather to fill your mind than your coffers; knowing that gold and silver were originally mingled with dirt, until avarice or ambition parted them.
SENECA THE YOUNGERThe greatest man is he who chooses right with the most invincible resolution.
SENECA THE YOUNGERThe world itself is too small for the covetous.
SENECA THE YOUNGERTota vita nihil aliud quam ad mortem iter est. The whole of life is nothing but a journey to death.
SENECA THE YOUNGERThe first proof of a well-ordered mind is to be able to pause and linger within itself.
SENECA THE YOUNGERAfter death there is nothing.
SENECA THE YOUNGERThere has not been any great talent without an element of madness. -Nullum magnum ingenium sine mixtura dementiae fuit
SENECA THE YOUNGERWisdom does not show itself so much in precept as in life – in firmness of mind and a mastery of appetite. It teaches us to do as well as to talk; and to make our words and actions all of a color.
SENECA THE YOUNGERSet 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?”
SENECA THE YOUNGERIn whatever direction you turn, you will see God coming to meet you; nothing is void of him, he himself fills all his work.
SENECA THE YOUNGERInjustice never rules forever.
SENECA THE YOUNGERThe expression of truth is simplicity.
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