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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For greed, all nature is too little.

For greed, all nature is too little.

It's not because things are difficult that we dare not venture. It's because we dare...

It's not because things are difficult that we dare not venture. It's because we dare...

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...

If you wish to be loved, love

If you wish to be loved, love

Voyage, travel, and change of place impart vigor

Voyage, travel, and change of place impart vigor

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...

We live not according to reason, but according to fashion

We live not according to reason, but according to fashion

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...

In every good man a God dwell

In every good man a God dwell

As it is with a play, so it is with life, what matters is not...

As it is with a play, so it is with life, what matters is not...

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...

Friendship always benefits; love sometimes injures.

Friendship always benefits; love sometimes injures.

Successful and fortunate crime is called virtue.

Successful and fortunate crime is called virtue.

Vice may be learnt, even without a teacher

Vice may be learnt, even without a teacher

When we are well, we all have good advice for those who are ill.

When we are well, we all have good advice for those who are ill.

Fate leads the willing and drags along the unwilling.

Fate leads the willing and drags along the unwilling.

Courage leads to heaven; fear to death.

Courage leads to heaven; fear to death.

Firstly, there is no such person as Death. Second, Death's this tall guy with a...

Firstly, there is no such person as Death. Second, Death's this tall guy with a...

Sometimes I want to clean up my desk and go out and say, respect me,...

Sometimes I want to clean up my desk and go out and say, respect me,...