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Seneca the Younger5 BC–AD 65

Our plans miscarry because they have no aim. When a man does not know what harbour he is making for, no wind is the right wind.

Seneca the Younger on motivation and goals

Epistulae Morales ad Lucilium (Moral Letters to Lucilius), Letter LXXI: On the supreme good, Line 2

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All art is but imitation of nature.
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Once again prosperous and successful crime goes by the name of virtue; good men obey the bad, might is right and fear oppresses law.
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No man can have a peaceful life who thinks too much about lengthening it.
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