The willing, destiny guides them; the unwilling, destiny drags them.
SENECA THE YOUNGEROur plans miscarry because they have no aim.
More Seneca the Younger Quotes
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No one can be despised by another until he has learned to despise himself.
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The point is, not how long you live, but how nobly you live.
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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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He who would arrive at the appointed end must follow a single road and not wander through many ways.
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To live is not a blessing, but to live well.
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He who receives a benefit with gratitude, repays the first installment of it.
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There is no genius without a mixture of madness.
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You cannot escape necessities, but you can overcome them.
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There is nothing wrong with changing a plan when the situation has changed.
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When you see a man in distress, recognize him as a fellow man.
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Genius has never been accepted without a measure of condonement.
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All art is but imitation of nature.
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If you will fear nothing, think that all things are to be feared.
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It is by the benefit of letters that absent friends are in a manner brought together.
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No untroubled day has ever dawned for me.
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