Whatever begins, also ends.
SENECA THE YOUNGERYou learn to know a pilot in a storm.
More Seneca the Younger Quotes
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Believe me, that was a happy age, before the days of architects, before the days of builders.
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True happiness is…to enjoy the present, without anxious dependence upon the future.
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What should a wise person do when given a blow? Same as Cato when he was attacked; not fire up or revenge the insult., or even return the blow, but simply ignore it.
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In the meantime, cling tooth and nail to the following rule: not to give in to adversity, not to trust prosperity, and always take full note of fortune’s habit of behaving just as she pleases.
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It is the mind that makes us rich and happy, in what condition soever we are, and money signifies no more to it than it does to the gods.
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He who comes to a conclusion when the other side is unheard, may have been just in his conclusion, but yet has not been just in his conduct.
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Our words should aim not to please, but to help.
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The first step towards amendment is the recognition of error.
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Every new beginning comes from some other beginning’s end.
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So live with men as if God saw you and speak to God, as if men heard you.
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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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Desultory reading is delightful, but to be beneficial, our reading must be carefully directed.
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The mind unlearns with difficulty what it has long learned.
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[During difficult times and after mistakes and failures it is helpful to remember …] Oftentimes calamity turns to our advantage and great ruins make way for greater glories.
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The world itself is too small for the covetous.
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