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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Luck never made a man wise.

Luck never made a man wise.

A quarrel is quickly settled when deserted by one party; there is no battle unless...

A quarrel is quickly settled when deserted by one party; there is no battle unless...

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...

Be harsh with yourself at times.

Be harsh with yourself at times.

Night brings our troubles to the light, rather than banishes them.

Night brings our troubles to the light, rather than banishes them.

It is another's fault if he be ungrateful, but it is mine if I do...

It is another's fault if he be ungrateful, but it is mine if I do...

Old age is an incurable disease.

Old age is an incurable disease.

Advice is worth what you pay for it

Advice is worth what you pay for it

Time heals what reason cannot

Time heals what reason cannot

If you wish to be loved; Love!

If you wish to be loved; Love!

True happiness is to understand our duties toward God and man; to enjoy the present,...

True happiness is to understand our duties toward God and man; to enjoy the present,...

Every man prefers belief to the exercise of judgment.

Every man prefers belief to the exercise of judgment.

Nothing is more honorable than a grateful heart.

Nothing is more honorable than a grateful heart.

Enjoy present pleasures in such a way as not to injure future ones.

Enjoy present pleasures in such a way as not to injure future ones.

Vice may be learnt, even without a teacher

Vice may be learnt, even without a teacher

A multitude of executions discredits a king, as a multitude of funerals a doctor

A multitude of executions discredits a king, as a multitude of funerals a doctor

Every new beginning comes from some other beginning's end.

Every new beginning comes from some other beginning's end.

He who is brave is free.

He who is brave is free.

To dare to live alone is the rarest courage; since there are many who had...

To dare to live alone is the rarest courage; since there are many who had...

Brevity is the soul of wit.

Brevity is the soul of wit.

Who then is free? The one who wisely is lord of themselves, who neither poverty,...

Who then is free? The one who wisely is lord of themselves, who neither poverty,...