Light is that grief which counsel can allay.
SENECA THE YOUNGERDrunkenness does not create vice; it merely brings it into view.
More Seneca the Younger Quotes
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He who has made a fair compact with poverty is rich.
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No crime has been without a precedent.
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Light is that grief which counsel can allay.
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Enjoy present pleasures in such a way as not to injure future ones.
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God is near you, is with you, is inside you.
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The shortest road to wealth lies in the contempt of wealth.
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There’s one blessing only, the source and cornerstone of beatitude: confidence in self.
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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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Happy is the man who can endure the highest and lowest fortune. He who has endured such vicissitudes with equanimity has deprived misfortune of its power.
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The mind is never right but when it is at peace within itself.
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[During difficult times and after mistakes and failures it is helpful to remember …] Oftentimes calamity turns to our advantage and great ruins make way for greater glories.
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Drunkenness is simply voluntary insanity.
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We are taught for the schoolroom, not for life.
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All my life I have been seeking to climb out of the pit of my besetting sins and I cannot do it and I never will unless a hand is let down to draw me up.
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All my life I have been seeking to climb out of the pit of my besetting sins and I cannot do it and I never will unless a hand is let down to draw me up.
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