I am like a book, with pages that have stuck together for want of use: my mind needs unpacking and the truths stored within must be turned over from time to time, to be ready when occasion demands

Quote by Seneca

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It is extreme evil to depart from the company of the living before you die

It is extreme evil to depart from the company of the living before you die

The sun also shines on the wicked

The sun also shines on the wicked

Luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity.

Luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity.

Ignorant people see life as either existence or non-existence, but wise men see it beyond...

Ignorant people see life as either existence or non-existence, but wise men see it beyond...

Economy is too late when you are at the bottom of your purse...

Economy is too late when you are at the bottom of your purse...

A good character is the only guarantee of everlasting, carefree happiness.

A good character is the only guarantee of everlasting, carefree happiness.

A great step towards independence is good humored stomach

A great step towards independence is good humored stomach

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.

Every man prefers belief to the exercise of judgment.

Every man prefers belief to the exercise of judgment.

We are more often frightened than hurt: our troubles spring more often from fancy than...

We are more often frightened than hurt: our troubles spring more often from fancy than...

We live not according to reason, but according to fashion

We live not according to reason, but according to fashion

Authority founded on injustice is never of long duration.

Authority founded on injustice is never of long duration.

Fidelity that is bought with money may be overcome with money

Fidelity that is bought with money may be overcome with money

Vice may be learnt, even without a teacher

Vice may be learnt, even without a teacher

For greed, all nature is too little.

For greed, all nature is too little.

There is no evil that does not promise inducements. Avarice promises money; luxury, a varied...

There is no evil that does not promise inducements. Avarice promises money; luxury, a varied...

It is the constant fault and inseparable evil quality of ambition, that it never looks...

It is the constant fault and inseparable evil quality of ambition, that it never looks...

There is no genius free from some tincture of madness

There is no genius free from some tincture of madness

Since when was genius found respectable?

Since when was genius found respectable?

Everybody's a genius, it's just a matter of whether you love yourself enough to admit...

Everybody's a genius, it's just a matter of whether you love yourself enough to admit...

The machine does not isolate man from the great problems of nature but plunges him...

The machine does not isolate man from the great problems of nature but plunges him...