You cannot, I repeat, successfully acquire it and preserve your modesty at the same time.
SENECA THE YOUNGEROur words should aim not to please, but to help.
More Seneca the Younger Quotes
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He who has made a fair compact with poverty is rich.
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Disease is not of the body but of the place.
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God is near you, is with you, is inside you.
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The greater part of progress is the desire to progress.
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In the meantime, cling tooth and nail to the following rule: not to give in to adversity, not to trust prosperity, and always take full note of fortune’s habit of behaving just as she pleases.
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The most imperious masters over their own servants are at the same time the most abject slaves to the servants of others.
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Courage leads to heaven; fear leads to death.
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Modesty once extinguished knows not how to return.
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There is no easy way from the earth to the stars.
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The point is, not how long you live, but how nobly you live.
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He who is brave is free.
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Prosperity asks for fidelity; adversity exacts it.
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Desultory reading is delightful, but to be beneficial, our reading must be carefully directed.
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There’s no delight in owning anything unshared.
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Reason wishes that the judgement it gives be just; anger wishes that the judgement it has given seem to be just.
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