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There is nothing wrong with changing a plan when the situation has changed.

Seneca the Younger

There is about wisdom a nobility and magnificence in the fact that she doesn’t just fall to a person’s lot, that each man owes her to his own efforts, that one doesn’t go to anyone other than oneself to find her.
SENECA THE YOUNGER

Courage Fall Wisdom
What 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.
SENECA THE YOUNGER

Attack Blow Revenge Wise
We are born to lose and to perish, to hope and to fear, to vex ourselves and others; and there is no antidote against a common calamity but virtue; for the foundation of true joy is in the conscience.
SENECA THE YOUNGER

Foundation Joy True Vex
Be harsh with yourself at times.
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Harsh Reflection Sin
The kind of solace that arises from having company in misery is spiteful.
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Kind Misery Spiteful
There is nothing wrong with changing a plan when the situation has changed.
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Changed Investing Situation
There is no easy way from the earth to the stars.
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Country Emotion History People Person
The mind is never right but when it is at peace within itself.
SENECA THE YOUNGER

Inspirational Mind Peace
It is dishonorable to say one thing and think another; how much more dishonorable to write one thing and think another.
SENECA THE YOUNGER

Deceit Dishonorable Think Write
If you are wise, You will mingle one thing with the other- Not hoping without doubt; Not doubting without hope.
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Doubt Hope Wise
He who has fostered the sweet poison of love by fondling it, finds it too late to refuse the yoke which he has of his own accord assumed.
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Life Poison Sweet
The thing that matters is not what you bear, but how you bear it
SENECA THE YOUNGER

Bear Matter Things
If a man knows not to which port he sails, no wind is favorable.
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Goal Men Wind
The mind is never right but when it is at peace within itself; the soul is in heaven even while it is in the flesh, if it be purged of its natural corruptions, and taken up with divine thoughts, and contemplations.
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Heaven Soul Taken
You cannot escape necessities, but you can overcome them.
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Escape Necessity Overcoming
What was hard to suffer is sweet to remember.
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Remember Suffer Sweet

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