Why do I not seek some real good; one which I could feel, not one which I could display?
SENECA THE YOUNGERThere is nothing wrong with changing a plan when the situation has changed.
More Seneca the Younger Quotes
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The Fates guide those who go willingly. Those who do not, they drag.
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It’s the admirer and the watcher who provoke us to all the inanities we commit.
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How much does great prosperity overspread the mind with darkness.
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As the soil, however rich it may be, cannot be productive without cultivation, so the mind without culture can never produce good fruit
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If you will fear nothing, think that all things are to be feared.
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The world itself is too small for the covetous.
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Four things does a reckless man gain who covets his neighbor’s wife – demerit, an uncomfortable bed, thirdly, punishment, and lastly, hell.
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We are taught for the schoolroom, not for life.
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No man is more unhappy than he who never faces adversity. For he is not permitted to prove himself.
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It is expedient for the victor to wish for peace restored; for the vanquished it is necessary.
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A person’s fears are lighter when the danger is at hand.
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True joy is a serene and sober motion; and they are miserably out so that take laughing for rejoicing; the seat of it is within, and there is no cheerfulness like the resolutions of a brave mind.
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To the stars through difficulties.
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To live is not a blessing, but to live well.
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There is more heroism in self-denial than in deeds of arms.
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