Freedom can’t be kept for nothing. If you set a high value on liberty, you must set a low value on everything else.
SENECA THE YOUNGERA great step towards independence is a good-humored stomach, one that is willing to endure rough treatment.
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Nothing is more hateful to wisdom than to much cunning.
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There’s no delight in owning anything unshared.
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Our plans miscarry because they have no aim.
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It is proof of a bad cause when it is applauded by the mob.
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Desultory reading is delightful, but to be beneficial, our reading must be carefully directed.
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This body is not a home, but an inn; and that only for a short time.
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Luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity.
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The willing, destiny guides them; the unwilling, destiny drags them.
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Hesitation is the best cure for anger. The first blows of anger are heavy, but if it waits, it will think again.
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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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The kind of solace that arises from having company in misery is spiteful.
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Study rather to fill your mind than your coffers; knowing that gold and silver were originally mingled with dirt, until avarice or ambition parted them.
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They lose the day in expectation of the night, and the night in fear of the dawn.
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The swiftness of time is infinite, as is still more evident when we look back on the past.
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Demand not that I am the equal of the greatest, only that I am better than the wicked.
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