You learn to know a pilot in a storm.
SENECA THE YOUNGERWhat should a wise person do when given a blow? Same as Cato when he was attacked; not fire up or revenge the insult., or even return the blow, but simply ignore it.
More Seneca the Younger Quotes
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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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Wealth is the slave of a wise man. The master of a fool.
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The true felicity of life is to be free from anxieties and pertubations; to understand and do our duties to God and man, and to enjoy the present without any serious dependence on the future.
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Hesitation is the best cure for anger. The first blows of anger are heavy, but if it waits, it will think again.
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Time hath often cured the wound which reason failed to heal.
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The wise man will always reflect concerning the quality not the quantity of life.
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We ought to take outdoor walks, to refresh and raise our spirits by deep breathing in the open air.
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Those whom true love has held, it will go on holding.
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What is more insane than to vent on senseless things the anger that is felt towards men?
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Nobody will keep the thing he hears to himself, and nobody will repeat just what he hears and no more.
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I was not born for one corner. The whole world is my native land.
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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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It is medicine, not scenery, for which a sick man must go searching.
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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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Every new beginning comes from some other beginning’s end.
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