No one can long hide behind a mask; the pretense soon lapses into the true character.
SENECADifficulties strengthen the mind, as labor does the body.
More Seneca Quotes
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A good person dyes events with his own colour and turns whatever happens to his own benefit.
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True happiness is to enjoy the present, without anxious dependence upon the future, not to amuse ourselves with either hopes or fears but to rest satisfied with what we have, which is sufficient, for he that is so wants nothing.
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Life is long, if you know how to use it.
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Great men rejoice in adversity, just as brave soldiers triumph in war.
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It is more fitting for a man to laugh at life than to lament over it.
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The great thing is to know when to speak and when to keep quiet.
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Nothing is so bitter that a calm mind cannot find comfort in it.
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All cruelty springs from weakness.
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The greatest loss of time is delay and expectation, which depend upon the future.
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Be wary of the man who urges an action in which he himself incurs no risk.
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A sword by itself does not slay; it is merely the weapon used by the slayer.
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Wealth is the slave of a wise man. The master of a fool.
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Associate with people who are likely to improve you. Welcome those whom you are capable of improving. The process is a mutual one. People learn as they teach.
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We learn not in the school, but in life.
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To govern was to serve, not to rule.
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