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The conditions of conquest are always easy. We have but to toil awhile, endure awhile, believe always, and never turn back.

Seneca the Elder (c. 54 BC - c. AD 39) Roman orator and writer [Lucius or Marcus Annaeus Seneca, Seneca the Rhetorician]
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Frequently attributed instead to William Gilmore Simms or to John F. Kennedy

Added on 8-Oct-08 | Last updated 8-Oct-08
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Difficulties strengthen the mind, as labor does the body.

Seneca the Elder (c. 54 BC - c. AD 39) Roman orator and writer [Lucius or Marcus Annaeus Seneca, Seneca the Rhetorician]
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Added on 20-Jan-11 | Last updated 20-Jan-11
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