Such as the chain of causes we call Fate, such is the chain of wishes: one links on to another; the whole man is bound in the chain of wishing for ever.
SENECA THE YOUNGERIt is quality rather than quantity that matters.
More Seneca the Younger Quotes
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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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After death there is nothing.
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Epicurus says, “gratitude is a virtue that has commonly profit annexed to it.” And where is the virtue that has not? But still the virtue is to be valued for itself, and not for the profit that attends it.
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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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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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How much better to pursue a straight course and eventually reach that destination where the things that are pleasant are the things that are honorable finally become, for you, the same.
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Let the weary at length possess quiet rest.
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Nothing is more hateful to wisdom than to much cunning.
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A sword by itself does not slay; it is merely the weapon used by the slayer.
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If God adds another day to our life, let us receive it gladly.
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He who has made a fair compact with poverty is rich.
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Let him that hath done the good office conceal it; let him that received it disclose it.
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He who repents of having sinned is almost innocent.
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Associate with people who are likely to improve you.
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Whatever begins, also ends.
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