The young man must store up, the old man must use.
SENECA THE YOUNGERYou learn to know a pilot in a storm.
More Seneca the Younger Quotes
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Who timidly requests invites refusal.
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He who has great power should use it lightly.
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It is the sign of a weak mind to be unable to bear wealth.
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You learn to know a pilot in a storm.
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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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It is a world of mischief that may be done by a single example of avarice or luxury. One voluptuous palate makes many more.
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For men in a state of freedom had thatch for their shelter, while slavery dwells beneath marble and gold.
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Life without literary studies is death.
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Success is not greedy, as people think, but insignificant. That is why it satisfies nobody.
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I persist on praising not the life I lead, but that which I ought to lead. I follow it at a mighty distance, crawling
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Men learn while they teach.
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The part of life which we really live is short.
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There is none made so great, but he may both need the help and service, and stand in fear of the power and unkindness, even of the meanest of mortals.
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He that does good to another does good also to himself, not only in the consequence but in the very act. For the consciousness of well-doing is in itself ample reward.
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The swiftness of time is infinite, as is still more evident when we look back on the past.
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