Luck never made a man wise.
SENECA THE YOUNGERA sword by itself does not slay; it is merely the weapon used by the slayer.
More Seneca the Younger Quotes
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He robs present ills of their power who has perceived their coming beforehand.
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Be not too hasty either with praise or blame; speak always as though you were giving evidence before the judgement-seat of the Gods.
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He that will do no good offices after a disappointment must stand still, and do just nothing at all. The plough goes on after a barren year; and while the ashes are yet warm, we raise a new house upon the ruins of a former.
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Indolence is stagnation; employment is life.
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The fearful face usually betrays great guilt.
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God is near you, is with you, is inside you.
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I had rather never receive a kindness than never bestow one.
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The shortest road to wealth lies in the contempt of wealth.
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Nothing is as certain as that the vices of leisure are gotten rid of by being busy.
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Believe me, that was a happy age, before the days of architects, before the days of builders.
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Enjoy present pleasures in such a way as not to injure future ones.
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Wisdom allows nothing to be good that will not be so forever; no man to be happy but he that needs no other happiness than what he has within himself; no man to be great or powerful that is not master of himself.
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If you judge, investigate.
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If you are wise, You will mingle one thing with the other- Not hoping without doubt; Not doubting without hope.
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If you will fear nothing, think that all things are to be feared.
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