They lose the day in expectation of the night, and the night in fear of the dawn.
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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Epicurus says, “gratitude is a virtue that has commonly profit annexed to it.” And where is the virtue that has not? But still the virtue is to be valued for itself, and not for the profit that attends it.
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It is quality rather than quantity that matters.
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A thousand approaches lie open to death.
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The part of life which we really live is short.
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He who has made a fair compact with poverty is rich.
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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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Why will no man confess his faults? Because he continues to indulge in them; a man cannot tell his dream till he wakes.
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True happiness is…to enjoy the present, without anxious dependence upon the future.
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There’s no delight in owning anything unshared.
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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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We ought to take outdoor walks, to refresh and raise our spirits by deep breathing in the open air.
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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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The shortest road to wealth lies in the contempt of wealth.
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It is safer to offend certain men than it is to oblige them; for as proof that they owe nothing they seek recourse in hatred.
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Luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity.
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