Don’t stumble over something behind you.
SENECA THE YOUNGERThe first step towards amendment is the recognition of error.
More Seneca the Younger Quotes
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Virtue with some is nothing but successful temerity.
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We ought to take outdoor walks, to refresh and raise our spirits by deep breathing in the open air.
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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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The greater part of progress is the desire to progress.
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He that will do no good offices after a disappointment must stand still, and do just nothing at all. The plough goes on after a barren year; and while the ashes are yet warm, we raise a new house upon the ruins of a former.
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Virtue needs a director and guide. Vice can be learned even without a teacher.
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The kind of solace that arises from having company in misery is spiteful.
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The first step towards amendment is the recognition of error.
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Who-only let him be a man and intent upon honor-is not eager for the honorable ordeal and prompt to assume perilous duties? To what energetic man is not idleness a punishment?
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That day which you fear as being the end of all things is the birthday of your eternity.
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He who has fostered the sweet poison of love by fondling it, finds it too late to refuse the yoke which he has of his own accord assumed.
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Disease is not of the body but of the place.
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To be always fortunate, and to pass through life with a soul that has never known sorrow, is to be ignorant of one half of nature.
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Luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity.
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When once ambition has passed its natural limits, its progress is boundless.
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There’s no delight in owning anything unshared.
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No man finds it difficult to return to nature except the man who has deserted nature.
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Be silent as to services you have rendered, but speak of favours you have received.
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The foundation of the true joy is in the conscience.
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Religion worships God, while superstition profanes that worship.
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Consider, when you are enraged at any one, what you would probably think if he should die during the dispute.
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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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Men learn while they teach.
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He who receives a benefit with gratitude, repays the first installment of it.
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If a man knows not to which port he sails, no wind is favorable.
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He who has made a fair compact with poverty is rich.
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