That which has been endured with difficulty is remedied with delight.
SENECA THE YOUNGERGo on and increase in valor, O boy! this is the path to immortality.
More Seneca the Younger Quotes
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There is as much greatness of mind in acknowledging a good turn, as in doing it.
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What progress have I made? I am beginning to be my own friend. That is progress indeed
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Consider, when you are enraged at any one, what you would probably think if he should die during the dispute.
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That day which you fear as being the end of all things is the birthday of your eternity.
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The thing that matters is not what you bear, but how you bear it
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Light is that grief which counsel can allay.
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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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He who dreads hostility too much is unfit to rule.
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The world itself is too small for the covetous.
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There has not been any great talent without an element of madness. -Nullum magnum ingenium sine mixtura dementiae fuit
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All art is but imitation of nature.
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To govern was to serve, not to rule.
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Luck never made a man wise.
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A benefit is estimated according to the mind of the giver.
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Death is a punishment to some, to others a gift and to many a favour.
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