Courage leads to heaven; fear leads to death.
SENECA THE YOUNGERNo man is more unhappy than he who never faces adversity. For he is not permitted to prove himself.
More Seneca the Younger Quotes
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Luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity.
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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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The part of life which we really live is short.
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As long as you live, learn how to live.
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Even after a bad harvest there must be sowing.
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Where reason fails, time oft has worked a cure.
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The customs of that most criminal nation (Israel) have gained such strength that they have now been received in all lands. The conquered have given laws to the conquerors.
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The greatest man is he who chooses right with the most invincible resolution.
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Injustice never rules forever.
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He who repents of having sinned is almost innocent.
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Consider, when you are enraged at any one, what you would probably think if he should die during the dispute.
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You want to live-but do you know how to live? You are scared of dying-and, tell me, is the kind of life you lead really any different from being dead?
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Tota vita nihil aliud quam ad mortem iter est. The whole of life is nothing but a journey to death.
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Success is not greedy, as people think, but insignificant. That is why it satisfies nobody.
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Religion worships God, while superstition profanes that worship.
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