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.
SENECA THE YOUNGERWhere fear is, happiness is not.
More Seneca the Younger Quotes
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Every journey has an end.
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It is a world of mischief that may be done by a single example of avarice or luxury. One voluptuous palate makes many more.
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That day which you fear as being the end of all things is the birthday of your eternity.
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Whenever you hold a fellow creature in distress, remember that he is a man.
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Associate with people who are likely to improve you.
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Courage leads to heaven; fear leads to death.
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There’s no delight in owning anything unshared.
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Auditur et altera pars. (The other side shall be heard as well.)
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The mind is never right but when it is at peace within itself.
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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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The expression of truth is simplicity.
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Whatever we owe, it is our part to find where to pay it, and to do it without asking, too; for whether the creditor be good or bad, the debt is still the same.
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Let not the enjoyment of pleasures now within your grasp, be carried to such excess as to incapacitate you from future repetition.
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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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The mind unlearns with difficulty what it has long learned.
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