Even after a bad harvest there must be sowing.
SENECA THE YOUNGERWisdom does not show itself so much in precept as in life – in firmness of mind and a mastery of appetite. It teaches us to do as well as to talk; and to make our words and actions all of a color.
More Seneca the Younger Quotes
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What must be shall be; and that which is a necessity to him that struggles, is little more than choice to him that is willing.
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No untroubled day has ever dawned for me.
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To govern was to serve, not to rule.
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The greatest man is he who chooses right with the most invincible resolution.
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This body is not a home, but an inn; and that only for a short time.
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Why will no man confess his faults? Because he continues to indulge in them; a man cannot tell his dream till he wakes.
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Luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity.
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The willing, destiny guides them; the unwilling, destiny drags them.
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It is the mind that makes us rich and happy, in what condition soever we are, and money signifies no more to it than it does to the gods.
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All my life I have been seeking to climb out of the pit of my besetting sins and I cannot do it and I never will unless a hand is let down to draw me up.
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He that does good to another does good also to himself, not only in the consequence but in the very act. For the consciousness of well-doing is in itself ample reward.
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Let the weary at length possess quiet rest.
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Conversation has a kind of charm about it, an insuating and insidious something that elicits secrets from us just like love or liquor.
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In the meantime, cling tooth and nail to the following rule: not to give in to adversity, not to trust prosperity, and always take full note of fortune’s habit of behaving just as she pleases.
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A great fortune is a great slavery.
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