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.
SENECANo one can keep a mask on long.
More Seneca Quotes
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The Best sign of Wisdom is the consistency between the words and deeds.
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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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What need is there to weep over parts of life? The whole of it calls for tears.
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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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Everyone rushes his life on, and suffers from a yearning for the future and a boredom with the present.
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I shall never be ashamed of citing a bad author if the line is good.
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Life is long, if you know how to use it.
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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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Nothing is so bitter that a calm mind cannot find comfort in it.
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Be wary of the man who urges an action in which he himself incurs no risk.
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He is most powerful who governs himself.
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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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The thing that matters is not what you bear, but how you bear it.
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Find a path or make one.
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No one can keep a mask on long.
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