The mind is never right but when it is at peace within itself.
SENECA THE YOUNGERWhatever we owe, it is our part to find where to pay it, and to do it without asking, too; for whether the creditor be good or bad, the debt is still the same.
More Seneca the Younger Quotes
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As the soil, however rich it may be, cannot be productive without cultivation, so the mind without culture can never produce good fruit
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Every journey has an end.
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Those who boast of their descent, brag on what they owe to others.
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That poverty is no disaster is understood by everyone who has not yet succumbed to the madness of greed and luxury that turns everything topsy-turvy.
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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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Who timidly requests invites refusal.
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Associate with people who are likely to improve you.
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You cannot escape necessities, but you can overcome them.
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We are taught for the schoolroom, not for life.
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It is a world of mischief that may be done by a single example of avarice or luxury. One voluptuous palate makes many more.
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The foundation of the true joy is in the conscience.
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Light is that grief which counsel can allay.
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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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Difficulties strengthen the mind, as labor does the body.
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What others think of us would be of little moment did it not, when known, so deeply tinge what we think of ourselves.
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