What must be shall be; and that which is a necessity to him that struggles, is little more than choice to him that is willing.
SENECA THE YOUNGERIf you will fear nothing, think that all things are to be feared.
More Seneca the Younger Quotes
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How much better to pursue a straight course and eventually reach that destination where the things that are pleasant are the things that are honorable finally become, for you, the same.
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While crime is punished it yet increases.
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To live is not a blessing, but to live well.
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Men do not care how nobly they live, but only how long, although it is within the reach of every man to live nobly, but within no man’s power to live long.
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Why do I not seek some real good; one which I could feel, not one which I could display?
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The Fates guide those who go willingly. Those who do not, they drag.
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I have withdrawn not only from men, but from affairs, especially my own affairs; I am working for later generations, writing down some ideas that may be of assistance to them.
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Whatever we owe, it is our part to find where to pay it, and to do it without asking, too; for whether the creditor be good or bad, the debt is still the same.
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Those who boast of their descent, brag on what they owe to others.
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A young man respects and looks up to his teachers.
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We ought to take outdoor walks, to refresh and raise our spirits by deep breathing in the open air.
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Don’t stumble over something behind you.
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If you will fear nothing, think that all things are to be feared.
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Luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity.
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After death there is nothing.
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