If a man knows not to which port he sails, no wind is favorable.
SENECAThe mind, unless it is pure and holy, cannot see God.
More Seneca Quotes
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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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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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One of the most beautiful qualities of true friendship is to understand and to be understood.
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It does not matter how many books you have, but how good the books are which you have.
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The greatest power of ruling consists in the exercise of self-control.
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To be everywhere is to be nowhere.
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No good thing is pleasant without friends to share it.
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All cruelty springs from weakness.
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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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There is no genius without a touch of madness.
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What’s the good of dragging up sufferings which are over, of being unhappy now just because you were then.
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Authority founded on injustice is never of long duration.
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He who spares the wicked injures the good.
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Speech is the mirror of the mind.
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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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