You cannot escape necessities, but you can overcome them.
SENECA THE YOUNGEREven after a bad harvest there must be sowing.
More Seneca the Younger Quotes
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Be not too hasty either with praise or blame; speak always as though you were giving evidence before the judgement-seat of the Gods.
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Prosperity asks for fidelity; adversity exacts it.
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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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What narrow innocence it is for one to be good only according to the law.
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A sword by itself does not slay; it is merely the weapon used by the slayer.
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Difficulties strengthen the mind, as labor does the body.
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It is expedient for the victor to wish for peace restored; for the vanquished it is necessary.
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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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To the stars through difficulties.
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We are born to lose and to perish, to hope and to fear, to vex ourselves and others; and there is no antidote against a common calamity but virtue; for the foundation of true joy is in the conscience.
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We are wrong in looking forward to death: in great measure it’s past already.
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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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Persistent kindness conquers the ill-disposed.
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Everything that exceeds the bounds of moderation has an unstable foundation.
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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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