The greater part of progress is the desire to progress.
SENECA THE YOUNGERThe greater part of progress is the desire to progress.
More Seneca the Younger Quotes
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Desultory reading is delightful, but to be beneficial, our reading must be carefully directed.
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Who-only let him be a man and intent upon honor-is not eager for the honorable ordeal and prompt to assume perilous duties? To what energetic man is not idleness a punishment?
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It is easier to grow in dignity than to make a start.
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No untroubled day has ever dawned for me.
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For men in a state of freedom had thatch for their shelter, while slavery dwells beneath marble and gold.
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True joy is a serene and sober motion; and they are miserably out so that take laughing for rejoicing; the seat of it is within, and there is no cheerfulness like the resolutions of a brave mind.
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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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Life is long if you know how to use it.
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The chief bond of the soldier is his oath of allegiance and love for the flag.
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You learn to know a pilot in a storm.
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He that will do no good offices after a disappointment must stand still, and do just nothing at all. The plough goes on after a barren year; and while the ashes are yet warm, we raise a new house upon the ruins of a former.
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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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What was hard to suffer is sweet to remember.
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No man is more unhappy than he who never faces adversity. For he is not permitted to prove himself.
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You can only acquire it successfully if you cease to feel any sense of shame.
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