Those griefs burn most which gall in secret.
SENECA THE YOUNGERAs the soil, however rich it may be, cannot be productive without cultivation, so the mind without culture can never produce good fruit
More Seneca the Younger Quotes
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Even after a bad harvest there must be sowing.
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Virtue needs a director and guide. Vice can be learned even without a teacher.
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Who-only let him be a man and intent upon honor-is not eager for the honorable ordeal and prompt to assume perilous duties? To what energetic man is not idleness a punishment?
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Shall I tell you what the real evil is? To cringe to the things that are called evils, to surrender to them our freedom, in defiance of which we ought to face any suffering.
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Luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity.
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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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Luck is preparation multiplied by opportunity.
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It is dishonorable to say one thing and think another; how much more dishonorable to write one thing and think another.
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Genius has never been accepted without a measure of condonement.
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The chief bond of the soldier is his oath of allegiance and love for the flag.
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A benefit consists not in what is done or given, but in the intention of the giver or doer.
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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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It is another’s fault if he be ungrateful, but it is mine if I do not give. To find one thankful man, I will oblige a great many that are not so.
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There’s one blessing only, the source and cornerstone of beatitude: confidence in self.
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Who shrinks from knowledge of his calamities but aggravates his fear; troubles half seen, shall torture all the more.
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