It does not matter how many books you have, but how good the books are which you have.
SENECAIt does not matter how many books you have, but how good the books are which you have.
SENECAAuthority founded on injustice is never of long duration.
SENECAReligion is regarded by the common people as true, by the wise as false, and by rulers as useful.
SENECAIt is difficult to bring people to goodness with lessons, but it is easy to do so by example.
SENECAThere is no genius without a touch of madness.
SENECAEvery new beginning comes from some other beginning’s end.
SENECANo tree becomes rooted and sturdy unless many a wind assails it. For by its very tossing it tightens its grip and plants its roots more securely; the fragile trees are those that have grown in a sunny valley.
SENECANothing is more honorable than a grateful heart.
SENECAWhat need is there to weep over parts of life? The whole of it calls for tears.
SENECAHe who seeks wisdom is a wise man; he who thinks he has found it is mad.
SENECAA lesson that is never learned can never be too often taught.
SENECAThe sun also shines on the wicked.
SENECAWe learn not in the school, but in life.
SENECAOne of the most beautiful qualities of true friendship is to understand and to be understood.
SENECAThe path of increase is slow, but the road to ruin is rapid.
SENECAIf 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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