To govern was to serve, not to rule.
SENECA THE YOUNGERDifficulties strengthen the mind, as labor does the body.
More Seneca the Younger Quotes
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It is the fault of youth that it cannot restrain its own impetuosity.
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Those who boast of their descent, brag on what they owe to others.
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One who’s our friend is fond of us; one who’s fond of us isn’t necessarily our friend.
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A man can refrain from wanting what he has not and cheerfully make the best of a bird in the hand.
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I was not born for one corner. The whole world is my native land.
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It is proof of a bad cause when it is applauded by the mob.
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Luck is preparation multiplied by opportunity.
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Difficulties strengthen the mind, as labor does the body.
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Time hath often cured the wound which reason failed to heal.
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Be harsh with yourself at times.
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Diligence is a very great help even to a mediocre intelligence. -Diligentia maximum etiam mediocris ingeni subsidium
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To be enslaved to oneself is the heaviest of all servitudes.-
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Nothing is more hateful to wisdom than to much cunning.
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He robs present ills of their power who has perceived their coming beforehand.
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That which has been endured with difficulty is remedied with delight.
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