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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A multitude of executions discredits a king, as a multitude of funerals a doctor

A multitude of executions discredits a king, as a multitude of funerals a doctor

While we teach, we learn.

While we teach, we learn.

That which is given with pride and ostentation is rather an ambition than a bounty

That which is given with pride and ostentation is rather an ambition than a bounty

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...

Time heals what reason cannot

Time heals what reason cannot

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...

All things are cause for either laughter or weeping.

All things are cause for either laughter or weeping.

Death's the discharge of our debt of sorrow

Death's the discharge of our debt of sorrow

There are none more abusive to others than they that lie most open to it...

There are none more abusive to others than they that lie most open to it...

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...

Nothing is more honorable than a grateful heart.

Nothing is more honorable than a grateful heart.

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...

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

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

Every new beginning comes from some other beginning's end.

Every new beginning comes from some other beginning's end.

In every good man a God dwell

In every good man a God dwell

Nothing is more honorable than a grateful heart.

Nothing is more honorable than a grateful heart.

Even after a bad harvest there must be sowing.

Even after a bad harvest there must be sowing.

Whom they have injured they also hate

Whom they have injured they also hate

Hate is too great a burden to bear. It injures the hater more than it...

Hate is too great a burden to bear. It injures the hater more than it...

I'd rather be hated for who I am, than loved for who I am not.

I'd rather be hated for who I am, than loved for who I am not.