The mind is never right but when it is at peace within itself.
SENECA THE YOUNGERA great step towards independence is a good-humored stomach, one that is willing to endure rough treatment.
More Seneca the Younger Quotes
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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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The worse a person is the less he feels it.
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To forgive all is as inhuman as to forgive none
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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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Luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity.
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The wise man will always reflect concerning the quality not the quantity of life.
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There is more heroism in self-denial than in deeds of arms.
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Conversation has a kind of charm about it, an insuating and insidious something that elicits secrets from us just like love or liquor.
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A sword by itself does not slay; it is merely the weapon used by the slayer.
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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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What is more insane than to vent on senseless things the anger that is felt towards men?
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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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A benefit is estimated according to the mind of the giver.
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Begin at once to live, and count each day as a separate life.
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What madness it is for a man to starve himself to enrich his heir, and so turn a friend into an enemy! For his joy at your death will be proportioned to what you leave him.
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