Why will no man confess his faults? Because he continues to indulge in them; a man cannot tell his dream till he wakes.
SENECA THE YOUNGERHe who has made a fair compact with poverty is rich.
More Seneca the Younger Quotes
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You can only acquire it successfully if you cease to feel any sense of shame.
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Luck is preparation multiplied by opportunity.
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Don’t stumble over something behind you.
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There’s no delight in owning anything unshared.
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Begin at once to live, and count each day as a separate life.
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We are born to lose and to perish, to hope and to fear, to vex ourselves and others; and there is no antidote against a common calamity but virtue; for the foundation of true joy is in the conscience.
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Indolence is stagnation; employment is life.
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We should live as if we were in public view, and think, too, as if someone could peer into the inmost recesses of our hearts-which someone can!
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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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If you expect the wise man to be as angry as the baseness of crimes requires, then he must not only be angry but go insane.
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Fate leads the willing, and drags along the reluctant.
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It is easier to grow in dignity than to make a start.
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I don’t trust liberals, I trust conservatives.
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There has not been any great talent without an element of madness. -Nullum magnum ingenium sine mixtura dementiae fuit
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Light is that grief which counsel can allay.
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