It is the sign of a weak mind to be unable to bear wealth.
SENECA THE YOUNGERHe who comes to a conclusion when the other side is unheard, may have been just in his conclusion, but yet has not been just in his conduct.
More Seneca the Younger Quotes
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He who repents of having sinned is almost innocent.
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Religion is regarded by the common people as true, by the wise as false, and by rulers as useful.
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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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How much better to pursue a straight course and eventually reach that destination where the things that are pleasant are the things that are honorable finally become, for you, the same.
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Our plans miscarry because they have no aim.
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The first step towards amendment is the recognition of error.
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Eternal law has arranged nothing better than this, that it has given us one way in to life, but many ways out.
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There is no satisfaction in any good without a companion.
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It is more fitting for a man to laugh at life than to lament over it.
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You want to live-but do you know how to live? You are scared of dying-and, tell me, is the kind of life you lead really any different from being dead?
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Begin at once to live, and count each day as a separate life.
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If a man knows not to which port he sails, no wind is favorable.
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A man can refrain from wanting what he has not and cheerfully make the best of a bird in the hand.
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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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There is no genius without a mixture of madness.
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