True happiness is to understand our duties toward God and man; to enjoy the present, without anxious dependence on the future; not to amuse ourselves with either hopes or fears, but to rest satisfied with what we have, which is…

Quote by Seneca

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Those whom true love has held, it will go on holding.

Those whom true love has held, it will go on holding.

Great grief does not of itself put an end to itself.

Great grief does not of itself put an end to itself.

No man ever became wise by chance

No man ever became wise by chance

Injustice never rules forever

Injustice never rules forever

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

That grief is light which can take counsel.

That grief is light which can take counsel.

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...

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 greed, all nature is insufficient.

To greed, all nature is insufficient.

No one is laughable who laughs at himself.

No one is laughable who laughs at himself.

He who forbids not sin when he may, commands it

He who forbids not sin when he may, commands it

Laugh at your problems; everybody else does.

Laugh at your problems; everybody else does.

A sword is never a killer, it is a tool in the killer's hands

A sword is never a killer, it is a tool in the killer's hands

To forgive all is as inhuman as to forgive none

To forgive all is as inhuman as to forgive none

Nothing is more honorable than a grateful heart.

Nothing is more honorable than a grateful heart.

Nothing is more dishonorable than an old man, heavy with years, who has no other...

Nothing is more dishonorable than an old man, heavy with years, who has no other...

He who boasts of his ancestry praises the merits of another

He who boasts of his ancestry praises the merits of another

Death ne'er can fail the man who wills to die.

Death ne'er can fail the man who wills to die.

War to the death against depravity - depravity is Christianity.

War to the death against depravity - depravity is Christianity.

Time takes the ugliness and horror out of death and turns it into beauty.

Time takes the ugliness and horror out of death and turns it into beauty.