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.
SENECA THE YOUNGERThere is no easy way from the earth to the stars.
More Seneca the Younger Quotes
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Luck is preparation multiplied by opportunity.
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Four things does a reckless man gain who covets his neighbor’s wife – demerit, an uncomfortable bed, thirdly, punishment, and lastly, hell.
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As long as you live, learn how to live.
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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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Truth will never be tedious unto him that travelleth in the secrets of nature; there is nothing but falsehood that glutteth us.
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Whatever begins, also ends.
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Be harsh with yourself at times.
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Courage leads to heaven; fear leads to death.
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Everything that exceeds the bounds of moderation has an unstable foundation.
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Virtue with some is nothing but successful temerity.
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To the stars through difficulties.
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The Fates guide those who go willingly. Those who do not, they drag.
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There’s no delight in owning anything unshared.
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The philosopher: he alone knows how to live for himself. He is the one, in fact, who knows the fundamental thing: how to live.
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The willing, destiny guides them; the unwilling, destiny drags them.
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