Just as I shall select my ship when I am about to go on a voyage, or my house when I propose to take a residence, so I shall choose my death when I am about to depart from life.

Quote by Seneca

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Luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity.

Luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity.

We are more often frightened than hurt: our troubles spring more often from fancy than...

We are more often frightened than hurt: our troubles spring more often from fancy than...

Life is neither a good nor an evil: it is a field for good and...

Life is neither a good nor an evil: it is a field for good and...

Luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity.

Luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity.

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

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

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.

To forgive all is as inhuman as to forgive none

To forgive all is as inhuman as to forgive none

Every new beginning comes from some other beginning's end

Every new beginning comes from some other beginning's end

Life without the courage for death is slavery

Life without the courage for death is slavery

Vice may be learnt, even without a teacher

Vice may be learnt, even without a teacher

There is no great genius without some touch of madness.

There is no great genius without some touch of madness.

Economy is too late at the bottom of the purse

Economy is too late at the bottom of the purse

What difference does it make how much you have? What you do not have amounts...

What difference does it make how much you have? What you do not have amounts...

True praise comes often even to the lowly; false praise only to the strong.

True praise comes often even to the lowly; false praise only to the strong.

We learn not in the school, but in life

We learn not in the school, but in life

There is no genius free from some tincture of madness

There is no genius free from some tincture of madness

The worse a person is the less he feels it.

The worse a person is the less he feels it.

Just as friction between certain types of rocks produces sparks of light, so it is...

Just as friction between certain types of rocks produces sparks of light, so it is...

Act as if you are the person you want to be.

Act as if you are the person you want to be.

Be anything you want to be, but don't be dull.

Be anything you want to be, but don't be dull.