I shall never be ashamed of citing a bad author if the line is good.
SENECAWhen you die, it will not be because you are sick, but because you were alive.
More Seneca Quotes
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Anger, if not restrained, is frequently more hurtful to us than the injury that provokes it.
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Our fears are always more numerous than our dangers.
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The greatest hindrance to living is expectancy, which depends upon tomorrow and wastes today
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The greatest loss of time is delay and expectation, which depend upon the future.
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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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Speech is the mirror of the mind.
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The greatest blessings of mankind are within us and within our reach. A wise man is content with his lot, whatever it may be, without wishing for what he has not.
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Fire proves gold, adversity proves men.
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Many things have fallen only to rise higher.
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You are your choices.
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As was his language so was his life.
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We learn not in the school, but in life.
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The sun also shines on the wicked.
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To govern was to serve, not to rule.
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A gift consists not in what is done or given, but in the intention of the giver or doer.
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The great thing is to know when to speak and when to keep quiet.
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Religion is regarded by the common people as true, by the wise as false, and by rulers as useful.
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When you die, it will not be because you are sick, but because you were alive.
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Find a path or make one.
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To wish to be well is a part of becoming well.
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Everyone rushes his life on, and suffers from a yearning for the future and a boredom with the present.
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There is nothing wrong with changing a plan when the situation has changed.
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Nothing is more honorable than a grateful heart.
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What were once vices are the fashion of the day.
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He who spares the wicked injures the good.
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Be wary of the man who urges an action in which he himself incurs no risk.
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