The important thing about a problem is not its solution, but the strength we gain in finding the solution.
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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Find a path or make one.
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Money has never yet made anyone rich.
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It is difficult to bring people to goodness with lessons, but it is easy to do so by example.
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Be silent as to services you have rendered, but speak of favours you have received.
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Our fears are always more numerous than our dangers.
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The sun also shines on the wicked.
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If we let things terrify us, life will not be worth living.
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Enjoy present pleasures in such a way as not to injure future ones.
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Be not dazzled by beauty, but look for those inward qualities which are lasting.
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It is more fitting for a man to laugh at life than to lament over it.
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We suffer more in imagination than in reality.
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To win true freeedom you must be a slave to philosophy.
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Hang on to your youthful enthusiasms – you’ll be able to use them better when you’re older.
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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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No one can long hide behind a mask; the pretense soon lapses into the true character.
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All cruelty springs from weakness.
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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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Religion is regarded by the common people as true, by the wise as false, and by rulers as useful.
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It is a rough road that leads to the heights of greatness.
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There is nothing more despicable than an old man who has no other proof than his age to offer of his having lived long in the world.
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Most powerful is he who has himself in his own power.
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He who spares the wicked injures the good.
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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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A sword by itself does not slay; it is merely the weapon used by the slayer.
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If a man knows not to which port he sails, no wind is favorable.
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Many things have fallen only to rise higher.
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