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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You are your choices.

You are your choices.

Luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity.

Luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity.

If we let things terrify us, life will not be worth living.

If we let things terrify us, life will not be worth living.

A happy life is one which is in accordance with its own nature.

A happy life is one which is in accordance with its own nature.

So enjoy present pleasures as to not mar those to come.

So enjoy present pleasures as to not mar those to come.

Modesty once extinguished knows not how to return

Modesty once extinguished knows not how to return

Our care should not be to have lived long as to have lived enough.

Our care should not be to have lived long as to have lived enough.

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...

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...

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.

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

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

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...

Consult your friend on all things, especially on those which respect yourself. His counsel may...

Consult your friend on all things, especially on those which respect yourself. His counsel may...

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

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

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 is without its compensation. The less money, the less trouble; the less favor,...

No evil is without its compensation. The less money, the less trouble; the less favor,...

Nothing is as certain as that the vices of leisure are gotten rid of by...

Nothing is as certain as that the vices of leisure are gotten rid of by...

I like to feel like I am not bored. I also like to be busy...

I like to feel like I am not bored. I also like to be busy...

Some folks can look so busy doing ' that they seem indispensable

Some folks can look so busy doing ' that they seem indispensable

Being busy does not always mean real work. The object of all work is production...

Being busy does not always mean real work. The object of all work is production...