Nothing is so bitter that a calm mind cannot find comfort in it.
SENECAIt is not because things are difficult that we do not dare; it is because we do not dare that things are difficult.
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Anger, if not restrained, is frequently more hurtful to us than the injury that provokes it.
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No one can keep a mask on long.
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To win true freeedom you must be a slave to philosophy.
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He who is brave is free.
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Difficulties strengthen the mind, as labor does the body.
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Leisure without books is death, and burial of a man alive.
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Life is like a play: it’s not the length, but the excellence of the acting that matters.
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It is a rough road that leads to the heights of greatness.
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If you don’t know, ask. You will be a fool for the moment, but a wise man for the rest of your life.
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A man is as unhappy as he has convinced himself he is.
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What need is there to weep over parts of life? The whole of it calls for tears.
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Money has never yet made anyone rich.
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What’s the good of dragging up sufferings which are over, of being unhappy now just because you were then.
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When you see a man in distress, recognize him as a fellow man.
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The greatest loss of time is delay and expectation, which depend upon the future.
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