“Luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity.”
Seneca (Roman philosopher, mid-1st century AD)
More from Seneca -
“Anger: an acid that can do more harm to the vessel in which it is stored than to anything on which it is poured.”
“Religion is regarded by the common people as true, by the wise as false, and by the rulers as useful.”
“Wherever there is a human being, there is an opportunity for a kindness.”
“There is no great genius without some touch of madness.”
“Time discovers truth.”
“You will not die because you are ill, but because you are alive”
“True happiness is... to enjoy the present, without anxious dependence upon the future.”
“We are more often frightened than hurt; and we suffer more from imagination than from reality.”
“A man's as miserable as he thinks he is.”
“Every new beginning comes from some other beginning's end.”
“He is most powerful who has power over himself”
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Hey, I'm All For It If They Will Take Us
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“Every new beginning comes from some other beginning's end.” is featured philosophy in the song Closing Time. It also has the genius of "You don't have to go home but you can't stay here."
Very true
“Religion is regarded by the common people as true, by the wise as false, and by the rulers as useful.”
I like this one...I don't entirely agree with it, but I like it.
"A man's as miserable as he thinks he is." Oh, boy am I in trouble...
LA - Do you know the words to EVERY song?
M - See comment to LA.
J - I was wondering if you would notice that one ..... NOT!
B - You need to power over yourself. Or something like that.
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