The great blessings of mankind are within us and within our reach; but we shut our eyes, and, like people in the dark, we fall foul upon the very thing we search for, without finding it.

Quote by Seneca

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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...

The belly will not listen to advice

The belly will not listen to advice

Laws do not persuade because they threaten

Laws do not persuade because they threaten

The important thing about a problem is not its solution, but the strength we gain...

The important thing about a problem is not its solution, but the strength we gain...

The belly will not listen to advice.

The belly will not listen to advice.

Luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity.

Luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity.

The sun also shines on the wicked

The sun also shines on the wicked

If you judge, investigate

If you judge, investigate

Four things does a reckless man gain who covets his neighbor's wife - demerit, an...

Four things does a reckless man gain who covets his neighbor's wife - demerit, an...

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

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

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...

Enjoy present pleasures in such a way as not to injure future ones.

Enjoy present pleasures in such a way as not to injure future ones.

Fear drives the wretched to prayer

Fear drives the wretched to prayer

It is extreme evil to depart from the company of the living before you die

It is extreme evil to depart from the company of the living before you die

That grief is light which can take counsel.

That grief is light which can take counsel.

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

He who forbids not sin when he may, commands it

He who forbids not sin when he may, commands it

It ain't no sin if you crack a few laws now and then, just so...

It ain't no sin if you crack a few laws now and then, just so...

The only sins are violations of love.

The only sins are violations of love.

'Tis no sin to cheat the devil

'Tis no sin to cheat the devil