One must take all one’s life to learn how to leave, and what will perhaps make you wonder more, one must take all one’s life to learn how to die.
SENECA THE YOUNGERThe mind is never right but when it is at peace within itself.
More Seneca the Younger Quotes
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Successful crime is dignified with the name of virtue; the good become the slaves of the wicked; might makes right; fear silences the power of the law.
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Disease is not of the body but of the place.
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The hour which gives us life begins to take it away.
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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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There is no easy way from the earth to the stars.
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Courage leads to heaven; fear leads to death.
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He grieves more than is necessary who grieves before any cause for sorrow has arisen.
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A large library is apt to distract rather than to instruct the learner; it is much better to be confined to a few authors than to wander at random over many.
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There is nothing more miserable and foolish than anticipation.
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Genius always gives its best at first; prudence, at last.
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It’s a vice to trust all, and equally a vice to trust none.
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Let the weary at length possess quiet rest.
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When you see a man in distress, recognize him as a fellow man.
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Successful villany is called virtue.
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Wealth is the slave of a wise man. The master of a fool.
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