Seneca the Younger (Seneca) Quotes
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It's always fun to put on bell bottoms and have your butt hanging out and hip huggers.
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My mother told me many stories about her childhood in Cuba. Living there had a profound impact on her and how she regards herself.
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People are broad-minded. They'll accept the fact that a person can be an alcoholic, a dope fiend, a wife beater and even a newspaperman, but if a man doesn't drive, there's something wrong with him.
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In matters of truth and justice, there is no difference between large and small problems, for issues concerning the treatment of people are all the same.
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Success or failure depends more upon attitude than upon capacity successful men act as though they have accomplished or are enjoying something. Soon it becomes a reality. Act, look, feel successful, conduct yourself accordingly, and you will be amazed at the positive results.
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How can anyone become a thinker unless he spends at least a third of every day away from passions, people, and books?
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Happiest time of youth and life, when love is first spoken and returned; when the dearest eyes are daily shining welcome, and the fondest lips never tire of whispering their sweet secrets; when the parting look that accompanies "Good night!" gives delightful warning of tomorrow.
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The only way to treat the common cold is with contempt.
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If I was to be their real teacher and guardian, I must touch their hearts, I must share their joys and sorrows, I must help them to solve the problems that faced them, and I must take along the right channel the surging aspirations of their youth.
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A man he seems of cheerful yesterdays And confident tomorrows.
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I always begin to compose the melody first.
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True contentment comes with empathy.
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O magnet-South! O glistening perfumed South! My South! O quick mettle, rich blood, impulse and love! Good and evil! O all dear to me!
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Much dearer be the things which come through hard distress.
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An inch in a miss is as good as an ell.
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But love, like wine, gives a tumultuous bliss, Heighten'd indeed beyond all mortal pleasures; But mingles pangs and madness in the bowl.
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No man of high and generous spirit is ever willing to indulge in flattery; the good may feel affection for others, but will not flatter them.
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When you see a man in distress, recognize him as a fellow man.
