Difficulties strengthen the mind, as labor does the body.
SENECAWhat’s the good of dragging up sufferings which are over, of being unhappy now just because you were then.
More Seneca Quotes
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Laugh at your problems; everybody else does.
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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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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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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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Be wary of the man who urges an action in which he himself incurs no risk.
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They lose the day in expectation of the night, and the night in fear of the dawn
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As long as you live, keep learning how to live.
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Speech is the mirror of the mind.
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It is not the man who has too little, but the man who craves more, that is poor.
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Be not dazzled by beauty, but look for those inward qualities which are lasting.
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No man is free who is a slave to the flesh.
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Be silent as to services you have rendered, but speak of favours you have received.
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Often a very old man has no other proof of his long life than his age.
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The Best sign of Wisdom is the consistency between the words and deeds.
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