The greatest hindrance to living is expectancy, which depends upon tomorrow and wastes today
SENECAIt does not matter how many books you have, but how good the books are which you have.
More Seneca Quotes
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Sometimes even to live is an act of courage.
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To win true freeedom you must be a slave to philosophy.
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If you don’t know, ask. You will be a fool for the moment, but a wise man for the rest of your life.
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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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No man is free who is a slave to the flesh.
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There is nothing wrong with changing a plan when the situation has changed.
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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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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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No 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.
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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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Enjoy present pleasures in such a way as not to injure future ones.
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Most powerful is he who has himself in his own power.
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He who asks with timidity invites a refusal.
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He who seeks wisdom is a wise man; he who thinks he has found it is mad.
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I shall never be ashamed of citing a bad author if the line is good.
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