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Lucius Annaeus Seneca
It takes the...
It takes the whole life to learn how to live, and -- what will perhaps amaze you more -- it takes the whole of life to...
To wish to...
To wish to progress is the largest part of progress.
Source: In Pearls of Wisdom,...
It is not...
It is not because things are difficult that we do not dare; it is because we do not dare that they are...
You cannot escape...
You cannot escape necessities, but you can overcome them.
Source: In The Speaker's...
You can tell...
You can tell every man's character when you see how they receive praise.
Source: In...
It is never...
It is never too late to learn what is always necessary to know.
Source: In The...
Every man prefers...
Every man prefers belief to the exercise of judgment.
Source: In The Speaker's...
The man who...
The man who does something under orders is not unhappy; he is unhappy who does something against his...
Failure changes for...
Failure changes for the better, success for the worse.
Source: In The Speaker's...
Most powerful is...
Most powerful is he who has himself in his own power.
Source: In The Book of...
Wisdom does not...
Wisdom does not show itself so much in precept as in life - in a firmness of mind and mastery of appetite. It teaches...
We are more...
We are more often frightened than hurt; and we suffer more from imagination than from...
The wish for...
The wish for healing has always been half of health.
Source: In The Speaker's...
If thou art...
If thou art a man, admire those who attempt great things, even though they fail.
You cease to...
You cease to be afraid when you cease to hope; for hope is accompanied by fear.
You should keep...
You should keep on learning as long as there is something you do not know.
Source:...
There is no...
There is no genius without a mixture of madness.
Source: In The Speaker's...
Some laws, though...
Some laws, though unwritten, are more firmly established than all written laws.
While we are...
While we are postponing life speeds up.
Source: In The Speaker's Electronic...
We become wiser...
We become wiser by adversity; prosperity destroys our appreciation of the right.