Those griefs burn most which gall in secret.
SENECA THE YOUNGERWhy will no man confess his faults? Because he continues to indulge in them; a man cannot tell his dream till he wakes.
More Seneca the Younger Quotes
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Difficulties strengthen the mind, as labor does the body.
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Begin at once to live, and count each day as a separate life.
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What progress have I made? I am beginning to be my own friend. That is progress indeed
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We are taught for the schoolroom, not for life.
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He who receives a benefit with gratitude, repays the first installment of it.
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The first proof of a well-ordered mind is to be able to pause and linger within itself.
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That which has been endured with difficulty is remedied with delight.
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It is more fitting for a man to laugh at life than to lament over it.
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A man can refrain from wanting what he has not and cheerfully make the best of a bird in the hand.
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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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How much better to pursue a straight course and eventually reach that destination where the things that are pleasant are the things that are honorable finally become, for you, the same.
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Time hath often cured the wound which reason failed to heal.
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You cannot, I repeat, successfully acquire it and preserve your modesty at the same time.
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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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Our plans miscarry because they have no aim.
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