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Luck is a matter of preparation meeting opportunity. ↗

— Lucius Annaeus Seneca

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A large part of mankind is angry not with the sins, but with the sinners. ↗

— Lucius Annaeus Seneca

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It is better, of course, to know useless things than to know nothing. ↗

— Lucius Annaeus Seneca

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Wherever there is a human being, there is an opportunity for a kindness. ↗

— Lucius Annaeus Seneca

#human #human being #kindness #opportunity #wherever

Shun no toil to make yourself remarkable by some talent or other; yet do not devote yourself to one branch exclusively. Strive to get clear notions about all. Give up no science entirely; for science is but one. ↗

— Lucius Annaeus Seneca

#branch #clear #devote #entirely #exclusively

A man's as miserable as he thinks he is. ↗

— Lucius Annaeus Seneca

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Nothing becomes so offensive so quickly as grief. When fresh it finds someone to console it, but when it becomes chronic, it is ridiculed, and rightly. ↗

— Lucius Annaeus Seneca

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Our plans miscarry because they have no aim. When a man does not know what harbor he is making for, no wind is the right wind. ↗

— Lucius Annaeus Seneca

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Why do I not seek some real good; one which I could feel, not one which I could display? ↗

— Lucius Annaeus Seneca

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It is the sign of a great mind to dislike greatness, and to prefer things in measure to things in excess. ↗

— Lucius Annaeus Seneca

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