The willing, destiny guides them; the unwilling, destiny drags them.
SENECA THE YOUNGEREnjoy present pleasures in such a way as not to injure future ones.
More Seneca the Younger Quotes
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If you are wise, You will mingle one thing with the other- Not hoping without doubt; Not doubting without hope.
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Hardly a man will you find who could live with his door open.
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That loss is most discreditable which is caused by negligence.
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What narrow innocence it is for one to be good only according to the law.
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There is no greater punishment of wickedness that that it is dissatisfied with itself and its deeds.
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Light is that grief which counsel can allay.
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Auditur et altera pars. (The other side shall be heard as well.)
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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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When once ambition has passed its natural limits, its progress is boundless.
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No choice maxims – we Stoics don’t practice that kind of window dressing.
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A great step towards independence is a good-humored stomach, one that is willing to endure rough treatment.
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If you judge, investigate.
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There is more heroism in self-denial than in deeds of arms.
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We are wrong in looking forward to death: in great measure it’s past already.
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True happiness is…to enjoy the present, without anxious dependence upon the future.
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