The willing, destiny guides them; the unwilling, destiny drags them.
SENECA THE YOUNGERThe young man must store up, the old man must use.
More Seneca the Younger Quotes
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How much does great prosperity overspread the mind with darkness.
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The true felicity of life is to be free from anxieties and pertubations; to understand and do our duties to God and man, and to enjoy the present without any serious dependence on the future.
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The worse a person is the less he feels it.
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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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He who has made a fair compact with poverty is rich.
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Bear in mind that you commit a crime by injuring even a wicked brother.
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There is nothing wrong with changing a plan when the situation has changed.
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Difficulties strengthen the mind, as labor does the body.
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The man who while he gives thinks of what he will get in return, deserves to be deceived.
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Philosophy does not regard pedigree, she received Plato not as a noble, but she made him one.
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Unblest is he who thinks himself unblest.
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What narrow innocence it is for one to be good only according to the law.
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The comfort of having a friend may be taken away, but not that of having had one.
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He who is brave is free.
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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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