You cannot escape necessities, but you can overcome them.
SENECA THE YOUNGERUnblest is he who thinks himself unblest.
More Seneca the Younger Quotes
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It’s a vice to trust all, and equally a vice to trust none.
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That which has been endured with difficulty is remedied with delight.
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Its harder for people to seek retirement from themselves than from the law
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Those who boast of their descent, brag on what they owe to others.
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Associate with people who are likely to improve you.
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Whenever you hold a fellow creature in distress, remember that he is a man.
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A sword by itself does not slay; it is merely the weapon used by the slayer.
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Successful villany is called virtue.
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Tota vita nihil aliud quam ad mortem iter est. The whole of life is nothing but a journey to death.
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We have not to talk, but to steer the vessel.
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Every new beginning comes from some other beginning’s end.
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Happy is the man who can endure the highest and lowest fortune. He who has endured such vicissitudes with equanimity has deprived misfortune of its power.
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Vice may be learnt, even without a teacher
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What others think of us would be of little moment did it not, when known, so deeply tinge what we think of ourselves.
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There is no genius without a mixture of madness.
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