Seneca
Seneca
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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 abundantly sufficient
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True happiness is to enjoy the present, without anxious dependence upon the future, not to amuse ourselves with either hopes or fears but to rest satisfied with what we have, which is sufficient, for he that is so wants nothing. The great blessings of mankind are within us and within our reach. A wise man is content with his lot, whatever it may be, without wishing for what he has not.
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The mind is a matter over every kind of fortune; itself acts in both ways, being the cause of its own happiness and misery.
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Wisdom allows nothing to be good that will not be so forever; no man to be happy but he that needs no other happiness than what he has within himself; no man to be great or powerful that is not master of himself.
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True happiness is... to enjoy the present, without anxious dependence upon the future.
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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
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We had reports of 8 to 10 inches on the Outer Banks and 4 to 6 inches in coastal counties,
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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.
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We learn not in the school, but in life
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If we let things terrify us, life will not be worth living.
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Retirement without the love of letters is a living burial
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Life is a gift of the immortal Gods, but living well is the gift of philosophy
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The primary sign of a well-ordered mind is a man's ability to remain in one place and linger in his own company
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Give yourself time and room; what reason could not avoid, delay has often cured