There is more heroism in self-denial than in deeds of arms.
SENECA THE YOUNGERI 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.
More Seneca the Younger Quotes
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It is the sign of a weak mind to be unable to bear wealth.
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Luck never made a man wise.
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That poverty is no disaster is understood by everyone who has not yet succumbed to the madness of greed and luxury that turns everything topsy-turvy.
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He who repents of having sinned is almost innocent.
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A thousand approaches lie open to death.
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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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There is no greater punishment of wickedness that that it is dissatisfied with itself and its deeds.
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He who has made a fair compact with poverty is rich.
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What madness it is for a man to starve himself to enrich his heir, and so turn a friend into an enemy! For his joy at your death will be proportioned to what you leave him.
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What narrow innocence it is for one to be good only according to the law.
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Luck is preparation multiplied by opportunity.
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Nobody becomes guilty by fate.
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If you judge, investigate.
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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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The young man must store up, the old man must use.
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