What is more insane than to vent on senseless things the anger that is felt towards men?
SENECA THE YOUNGERLet not the enjoyment of pleasures now within your grasp, be carried to such excess as to incapacitate you from future repetition.
More Seneca the Younger Quotes
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Luck is preparation multiplied by opportunity.
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If a man knows not to which port he sails, no wind is favorable.
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Set 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?”
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The point is, not how long you live, but how nobly you live.
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There is nothing wrong with changing a plan when the situation has changed.
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Poverty needs much, avarice everything.
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The vices of idleness are only to be shaken off by active employment.
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Misfortune is the test of a person’s merit.
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When you see a man in distress, recognize him as a fellow man.
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I was not born for one corner. The whole world is my native land.
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A man can refrain from wanting what he has not and cheerfully make the best of a bird in the hand.
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To live is not a blessing, but to live well.
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What progress have I made? I am beginning to be my own friend. That is progress indeed
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You can only acquire it successfully if you cease to feel any sense of shame.
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The greater part of progress is the desire to progress.
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