From Seneca: “Nothing is so difficult that diligence cannot master it.”
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Quote of the day 04/02/26
From Horace: “Adversity has the effect of eliciting talents which, in prosperous circumstances, would have lain dormant.”
Quote of the day 03/25/26
From Epictetus: “Freedom is the only worthy goal in life. It is won by disregarding things that lie beyond our control.”
Quote of the day 08/15/25
From Marcus Aurelius: “You have power over your mind – not outside events. Realize this, and you will find strength.”
Quote of the day 11/18/24
From Marcus Aurelius: “We should remember that even Nature’s inadvertence has its own charm, its own attractiveness. The way loaves of bread split open on top in the oven; the ridges are just by-products of the baking, and yet pleasing, somehow: they rouse our appetite without our knowing why.Or how ripe figs begin to burst.AndContinue reading “Quote of the day 11/18/24”
Quote of the day 10/08/24
From Marcus Tullius Cicero: “If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need.”
Quote of the day 10/07/24
From Marcus Tullius Cicero: “What one has, one ought to use; and whatever he does, he should do with all his might.”
Quote of the day 10/06/24
From Marcus Tullius Cicero: “To be content with what we possess is the greatest and most secure of riches.”
Quote of the day 10/02/24
From Marcus Tullius Cicero: “Gratitude is not only the greatest of virtues, but the parent of all others.”
Quote of the day 10/01/24
From Marcus Tullius Cicero: “To be ignorant of what occurred before you were born is to remain always a child. For what is the worth of human life, unless it is woven into the life of our ancestors by the records of history?”