Whatever we owe, it is our part to find where to pay it, and to do it without asking, too; for whether the creditor be good or bad, the debt is still the same.
SENECA THE YOUNGERLight is that grief which counsel can allay.
More Seneca the Younger Quotes
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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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Epileptics know by signs when attacks are imminent and take precautions accordingly; we must do the same in regard to anger
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His head was turned by too great success.
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He who has made a fair compact with poverty is rich.
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Begin at once to live, and count each day as a separate life.
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One crime has to be concealed by another.
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A young man respects and looks up to his teachers.
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I have withdrawn not only from men, but from affairs, especially my own affairs; I am working for later generations, writing down some ideas that may be of assistance to them.
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The world itself is too small for the covetous.
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He who has great power should use it lightly.
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This body is not a home, but an inn; and that only for a short time.
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You want to live-but do you know how to live? You are scared of dying-and, tell me, is the kind of life you lead really any different from being dead?
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The Fates guide those who go willingly. Those who do not, they drag.
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The first step towards amendment is the recognition of error.
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Life is long if you know how to use it.
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