I shall never be ashamed of citing a bad author if the line is good.
SENECAEveryone rushes his life on, and suffers from a yearning for the future and a boredom with the present.
More Seneca Quotes
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If you live in harmony with nature you will never be poor; if you live according what others think, you will never be rich.
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Men can be divided into 2 groups: one that goes ahead and achieves something, and one that comes after and criticizes.
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It is not goodness to be better than the worst.
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All cruelty springs from weakness.
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Our fears are always more numerous than our dangers.
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Find a path or make one.
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Be silent as to services you have rendered, but speak of favours you have received.
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You act like mortals in all that you fear, and like immortals in all that you desire.
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We suffer more in imagination than in reality.
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The greatest power of ruling consists in the exercise of self-control.
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Many things have fallen only to rise higher.
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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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The important thing about a problem is not its solution, but the strength we gain in finding the solution.
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The greatest hindrance to living is expectancy, which depends upon tomorrow and wastes today
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Most powerful is he who has himself in his own power.
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