What progress have I made? I am beginning to be my own friend. That is progress indeed
SENECA THE YOUNGERGreatness stands upon a precipice, and if prosperity carries a man never so little beyond his poise, it overbears and dashes him to pieces.
More Seneca the Younger Quotes
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The swiftness of time is infinite, as is still more evident when we look back on the past.
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The mind is never right but when it is at peace within itself.
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There is nothing wrong with changing a plan when the situation has changed.
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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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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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There’s no delight in owning anything unshared.
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Drunkenness doesn’t create vices, but it brings them to the fore.
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The sun shines even on the wicked.
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The comfort of having a friend may be taken away, but not that of having had one.
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A great fortune is a great slavery.
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Luck is preparation multiplied by opportunity.
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I persist on praising not the life I lead, but that which I ought to lead. I follow it at a mighty distance, crawling
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One crime has to be concealed by another.
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The world itself is too small for the covetous.
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This body is not a home, but an inn; and that only for a short time.
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