Reasons for anxiety will never be lacking, whether born of prosperity or of wretchedness; life pushes on in a succession of engrossments. We shall always pray for leisure.
SENECA THE YOUNGERHardly a man will you find who could live with his door open.
More Seneca the Younger Quotes
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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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Don’t stumble over something behind you.
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The first proof of a well-ordered mind is to be able to pause and linger within itself.
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Be harsh with yourself at times.
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The sun shines even on the wicked.
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Time discovers truth.
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The young man must store up, the old man must use.
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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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Injustice never rules forever.
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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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To govern was to serve, not to rule.
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Everything that exceeds the bounds of moderation has an unstable foundation.
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The world itself is too small for the covetous.
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He that will do no good offices after a disappointment must stand still, and do just nothing at all. The plough goes on after a barren year; and while the ashes are yet warm, we raise a new house upon the ruins of a former.
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You learn to know a pilot in a storm.
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