The great blessings of mankind are within us and within our reach; but we shut our eyes, and, like people in the dark, we fall foul upon the very thing we search for, without finding it.

Quote by Seneca

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I am like a book, with pages that have stuck together for want of use:...

I am like a book, with pages that have stuck together for want of use:...

Begin at once to live, and count each separate day as a separate life.

Begin at once to live, and count each separate day as a separate life.

If you judge, investigate

If you judge, investigate

The belly will not listen to advice

The belly will not listen to advice

Old age is an incurable disease.

Old age is an incurable disease.

True wisdom consists in not departing from nature and in molding our conduct according to...

True wisdom consists in not departing from nature and in molding our conduct according to...

The important thing about a problem is not its solution, but the strength we gain...

The important thing about a problem is not its solution, but the strength we gain...

To wish to be well is a part of becoming well.

To wish to be well is a part of becoming well.

Fate leads the willing and drags along the unwilling.

Fate leads the willing and drags along the unwilling.

The true felicity of life is to be free from anxieties and perturbations; to understand...

The true felicity of life is to be free from anxieties and perturbations; to understand...

No evil propensity of the human heart is so powerful that it may not be...

No evil propensity of the human heart is so powerful that it may not be...

Fidelity that is bought with money may be overcome with money.

Fidelity that is bought with money may be overcome with money.

He who does not prevent a crime when he can, encourages it.

He who does not prevent a crime when he can, encourages it.

Believe me, that was a happy age, before the days of architects, before the days...

Believe me, that was a happy age, before the days of architects, before the days...

Four things does a reckless man gain who covets his neighbor's wife - demerit, an...

Four things does a reckless man gain who covets his neighbor's wife - demerit, an...

If you judge, investigate

If you judge, investigate

We live not according to reason, but according to fashion

We live not according to reason, but according to fashion

Fashion is a tyrant from which there is no deliverance; all must conform to its...

Fashion is a tyrant from which there is no deliverance; all must conform to its...

Women thrive on novelty and are easy meat for the commerce of fashion. Men prefer...

Women thrive on novelty and are easy meat for the commerce of fashion. Men prefer...

A fashion is nothing but an induced epidemic.

A fashion is nothing but an induced epidemic.