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

Quote by Seneca

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Even after a bad harvest there must be sowing.

Even after a bad harvest there must be sowing.

No one is laughable who laughs at himself.

No one is laughable who laughs at himself.

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...

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...

A great step towards independence is good humored stomach

A great step towards independence is good humored stomach

I am like a book, with pages that have stuck together for want of use:...

I am like a book, with pages that have stuck together for want of use:...

Every new beginning comes from some other beginning's end

Every new beginning comes from some other beginning's end

Anger is like those ruins which smash themselves on what they fall.

Anger is like those ruins which smash themselves on what they fall.

Luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity.

Luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity.

Whom they have injured they also hate

Whom they have injured they also hate

Our fears are more numerous than our dangers, and we suffer more in our imagination...

Our fears are more numerous than our dangers, and we suffer more in our imagination...

The sun also shines on the wicked

The sun also shines on the wicked

Life without the courage for death is slavery

Life without the courage for death is slavery

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.

The whole world is my native land

The whole world is my native land

Man at his birth is content with a little milk and a piece of flannel:...

Man at his birth is content with a little milk and a piece of flannel:...

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...

Believe me, that was a happy age, before the days of architects, before the days...

Believe me, that was a happy age, before the days of architects, before the days...

I find friendship to be like wine, raw when new, ripened with age, the true...

I find friendship to be like wine, raw when new, ripened with age, the true...

My mental hands were empty, and I felt I must do something as a counterirritant...

My mental hands were empty, and I felt I must do something as a counterirritant...

You're fooling yourself if you argue with a fool - others may not know the...

You're fooling yourself if you argue with a fool - others may not know the...