In whatever direction you turn, you will see God coming to meet you; nothing is void of him, he himself fills all his work.
SENECA THE YOUNGEROne who’s our friend is fond of us; one who’s fond of us isn’t necessarily our friend.
More Seneca the Younger Quotes
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Watch over yourself. Be your own accuser, then your judge; ask yourself grace sometimes, and, if there is need, impose upon yourself some pain.
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I am ashamed of my master and not of my servitude.
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The comfort of having a friend may be taken away, but not that of having had one.
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The hour which gives us life begins to take it away.
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I am like a book, with pages that have stuck together for want of use: my mind needs unpacking and the truths stored within must be turned over from time to time, to be ready when occasion demands.
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He who has fostered the sweet poison of love by fondling it, finds it too late to refuse the yoke which he has of his own accord assumed.
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Wealth is the slave of a wise man. The master of a fool.
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There’s no delight in owning anything unshared.
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Set aside a certain number of days, during which you shall be content with the scantiest and cheapest fare, with course and rough dress, saying to yourself the while: ” Is this the condition that I feared?”
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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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The greatest man is he who chooses right with the most invincible resolution.
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There is no easy way from the earth to the stars.
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That which has been endured with difficulty is remedied with delight.
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Time discovers truth.
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What was hard to suffer is sweet to remember.
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