The part of life which we really live is short.
SENECA THE YOUNGERCourage leads to heaven; fear leads to death.
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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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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In every good man a God doth dwell.
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Auditur et altera pars. (The other side shall be heard as well.)
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The hour which gives us life begins to take it away.
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If you are wise, You will mingle one thing with the other- Not hoping without doubt; Not doubting without hope.
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The greater part of progress is the desire to progress.
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Luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity.
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Luck is preparation multiplied by opportunity.
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Whenever you hold a fellow creature in distress, remember that he is a man.
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When once ambition has passed its natural limits, its progress is boundless.
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Reasons for anxiety will never be lacking, whether born of prosperity or of wretchedness; life pushes on in a succession of engrossments. We shall always pray for leisure.
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For many men, the acquisition of wealth does not end their troubles, it only changes them.
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You cannot escape necessities, but you can overcome them.
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