Seneca
Seneca
forced together wicked withdraw
We are more wicked together than separately. If you are forced to be in a crowd, then most of all you should withdraw into yourself
choice necessity shall willing
What must be shall be; and that which is a necessity to him that struggles, is little more than choice to him that is willing
banks inches outer reports
We had reports of 8 to 10 inches on the Outer Banks and 4 to 6 inches in coastal counties,
acting complain days either lives ought procrastination spent though
We all sorely complain of the shortness of time, and yet have much more than we know what to do with. Our lives are either spent in doing nothing at all, or in doing nothing to the purpose, or in doing nothing that we ought to do. We are always complaining that our days are few, and acting as though there would be no end of them.
learn learning life
We learn not in the school, but in life
advice life terrify worth
If we let things terrify us, life will not be worth living.
burial letters living love retirement
Retirement without the love of letters is a living burial
gift gifts immortal life living philosophy
Life is a gift of the immortal Gods, but living well is the gift of philosophy
ability company linger mind primary remain sign
The primary sign of a well-ordered mind is a man's ability to remain in one place and linger in his own company
cured delay reason time
Give yourself time and room; what reason could not avoid, delay has often cured
forgive forgiveness inhuman none
To forgive all is as inhuman as to forgive none
adversity brave gold men tried
Gold is tried by fire, brave men by adversity
conclusion conduct scholars-and-scholarship side
He who comes to a conclusion when the other side is unheard, may have been just in his conclusion, but yet has not been just in his conduct
himself power powerful
He is most powerful who has power over himself