There is as much greatness of mind in acknowledging a good turn, as in doing it.
SENECA THE YOUNGERLuck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity.
More Seneca the Younger Quotes
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Of war men ask the outcome, not the cause.
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He who repents of having sinned is almost innocent.
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Light cares cry out; the great ones still are dumb.
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[During difficult times and after mistakes and failures it is helpful to remember …] Oftentimes calamity turns to our advantage and great ruins make way for greater glories.
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The mind unlearns with difficulty what it has long learned.
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One hand washes the other.
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The kind of solace that arises from having company in misery is spiteful.
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God is near you, is with you, is inside you.
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The world itself is too small for the covetous.
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Epicurus says, “gratitude is a virtue that has commonly profit annexed to it.” And where is the virtue that has not? But still the virtue is to be valued for itself, and not for the profit that attends it.
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Courage leads to heaven; fear leads to death.
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The mind is never right but when it is at peace within itself.
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The shortest road to wealth lies in the contempt of wealth.
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Who shrinks from knowledge of his calamities but aggravates his fear; troubles half seen, shall torture all the more.
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The first step towards amendment is the recognition of error.
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