We suffer more in imagination than in reality.
SENECABe silent as to services you have rendered, but speak of favours you have received.
More Seneca Quotes
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It is more fitting for a man to laugh at life than to lament over it.
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Enjoy present pleasures in such a way as not to injure future ones.
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If a man knows not to which port he sails, no wind is favorable.
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Laugh at your problems; everybody else does.
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Money has never yet made anyone rich.
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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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Every new beginning comes from some other beginning’s end.
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Be not dazzled by beauty, but look for those inward qualities which are lasting.
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The great thing is to know when to speak and when to keep quiet.
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The mind, unless it is pure and holy, cannot see God.
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The greatest loss of time is delay and expectation, which depend upon the future.
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Often a very old man has no other proof of his long life than his age.
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Many things have fallen only to rise higher.
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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 lesson that is never learned can never be too often taught.
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The path of increase is slow, but the road to ruin is rapid.
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To govern was to serve, not to rule.
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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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No man is free who is a slave to the flesh.
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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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Hang on to your youthful enthusiasms – you’ll be able to use them better when you’re older.
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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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Speech is the mirror of the mind.
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Be silent as to services you have rendered, but speak of favours you have received.
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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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He who seeks wisdom is a wise man; he who thinks he has found it is mad.
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