Seneca the Younger
A gem cannot be polished without friction,
nor a man perfected without trials.
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It is not because things are difficult that we do not dare,
it is because we do not dare that they are difficult.
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Wherever there is a human being,
there is an opportunity for a kindness.
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Love in its essence is spiritual fire.
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We should every night call ourselves to an account:
What infirmity have I mastered today?
What passions opposed?
What temptation resisted?
What virtue acquired?
Our vices will abate of themselves
if they be brought every day
to the shrift.
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