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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Modesty once extinguished knows not how to return

Modesty once extinguished knows not how to return

Laws do not persuade because they threaten

Laws do not persuade because they threaten

No man ever became wise by chance

No man ever became wise by chance

Luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity

Luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity

Friendship always benefits; love sometimes injures.

Friendship always benefits; love sometimes injures.

That grief is light which can take counsel.

That grief is light which can take counsel.

Live among men as if God beheld you; speak to God as if men were...

Live among men as if God beheld you; speak to God as if men were...

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

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

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...

We should every night call ourselves to an account; What infirmity have I mastered today?...

We should every night call ourselves to an account; What infirmity have I mastered today?...

Drunkenness is nothing but voluntary madness.

Drunkenness is nothing but voluntary madness.

Live with men as if God saw you; converse with God as if men heard...

Live with men as if God saw you; converse with God as if men heard...

Nothing is more honorable than a grateful heart.

Nothing is more honorable than a grateful heart.

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.

Luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity.

Luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity.

Everything is the product of one universal creative effort. There is nothing dead in Nature.

Everything is the product of one universal creative effort. There is nothing dead in Nature.

Life's like a play; it's not the length but the excellence of the acting that...

Life's like a play; it's not the length but the excellence of the acting that...

The day which we fear as our last is but the birthday of eternity.

The day which we fear as our last is but the birthday of eternity.

The day which we fear as our last is but the birthday of eternity.

The day which we fear as our last is but the birthday of eternity.

A diplomat is a man who always remembers a woman's birthday but never remembers her...

A diplomat is a man who always remembers a woman's birthday but never remembers her...

The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.

The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.