Fate leads the willing, and drags along the reluctant.
SENECA THE YOUNGERIt is medicine, not scenery, for which a sick man must go searching.
More Seneca the Younger Quotes
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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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A sword by itself does not slay; it is merely the weapon used by the slayer.
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Death either destroys or unhusks us. If it means liberation, better things await us when our burden s gone: if destruction, nothing at all awaits us; blessings and curses are abolished.
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If you judge, investigate.
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Shall I tell you what philosophy holds out to humanity? Counsel…You are called in to help the unhappy.
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Life without literary studies is death.
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Luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity.
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Success is not greedy, as people think, but insignificant. That is why it satisfies nobody.
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A great fortune is a great slavery.
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The willing, destiny guides them; the unwilling, destiny drags them.
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Where fear is, happiness is not.
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Injustice never rules forever.
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Nobody will keep the thing he hears to himself, and nobody will repeat just what he hears and no more.
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He who repents of having sinned is almost innocent.
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Enjoy present pleasures in such a way as not to injure future ones.
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