So long, in fact, as you remain in ignorance of what to aim at and what to avoid, what is essential and what is superfluous, what is upright or honorable conduct and what is not, it will not be travelling but drifting. All this hurrying from place to place won’t bring you any relief, for you’re travelling in the company of your own emotions, followed by your troubles all the way. Seneca
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  1. Life is like a play: it's not the length, but the excellence of the acting that matters.

  2. Timendi causa est nescire - Ignorance is the cause of fear.

  3. Luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity.

  4. Difficulties strengthen the mind, as labor does the body.

  5. As is a tale, so is life: not how long it is, but how good it is, is what matters.

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