Success is not greedy, as people think, but insignificant. That is why it satisfies nobody.
SENECA THE YOUNGERThe first proof of a well-ordered mind is to be able to pause and linger within itself.
More Seneca the Younger Quotes
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The first proof of a well-ordered mind is to be able to pause and linger within itself.
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I don’t trust liberals, I trust conservatives.
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Difficulties strengthen the mind, as labor does the body.
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Why do people not confess vices? It is because they have not yet laid them aside. It is a waking person only who can tell their dreams.
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It is medicine, not scenery, for which a sick man must go searching.
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I had rather never receive a kindness than never bestow one.
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Whenever you hold a fellow creature in distress, remember that he is a man.
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The Best sign of Wisdom is the consistency between the words and deeds.
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The world itself is too small for the covetous.
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Luck is preparation multiplied by opportunity.
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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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Virtue needs a director and guide. Vice can be learned even without a teacher.
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The intellect must not be kept at consistent tension, but diverted by pastimes…. The mind must have relaxation, and will rise stronger and keener after recreation.
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That which has been endured with difficulty is remedied with delight.
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On him does death lie heavily, who, but too well known to all, dies to himself unknown.
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