[During difficult times and after mistakes and failures it is helpful to remember …] Oftentimes calamity turns to our advantage and great ruins make way for greater glories.
SENECA THE YOUNGERThe shortest road to wealth lies in the contempt of wealth.
More Seneca the Younger Quotes
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Time discovers truth.
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He robs present ills of their power who has perceived their coming beforehand.
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All art is but imitation of nature.
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What narrow innocence it is for one to be good only according to the law.
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One must take all one’s life to learn how to leave, and what will perhaps make you wonder more, one must take all one’s life to learn how to die.
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That which has been endured with difficulty is remedied with delight.
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Greatness stands upon a precipice, and if prosperity carries a man never so little beyond his poise, it overbears and dashes him to pieces.
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A large library is apt to distract rather than to instruct the learner; it is much better to be confined to a few authors than to wander at random over many.
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The mind is never right but when it is at peace within itself.
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There is none made so great, but he may both need the help and service, and stand in fear of the power and unkindness, even of the meanest of mortals.
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To the believers it is true. To the wise it is false. To the leaders it is useful.
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There is nothing more miserable and foolish than anticipation.
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Human society is like an arch, kept from falling by the mutual pressure of its parts
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One who’s our friend is fond of us; one who’s fond of us isn’t necessarily our friend.
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For many men, the acquisition of wealth does not end their troubles, it only changes them.
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