Be silent as to services you have rendered, but speak of favours you have received.
SENECATo govern was to serve, not to rule.
More Seneca Quotes
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Be not dazzled by beauty, but look for those inward qualities which are lasting.
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You act like mortals in all that you fear, and like immortals in all that you desire.
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Begin at once to live, and count each separate day as a separate life.
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No good thing is pleasant without friends to share it.
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It is not the man who has too little, but the man who craves more, that is poor.
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The thing that matters is not what you bear, but how you bear it.
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I shall never be ashamed of citing a bad author if the line is good.
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There is no genius without a touch of madness.
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God is near you, is with you, is inside you.
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A gift consists not in what is done or given, but in the intention of the giver or doer.
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No one can long hide behind a mask; the pretense soon lapses into the true character.
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Laugh at your problems; everybody else does.
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Fire proves gold, adversity proves men.
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If we let things terrify us, life will not be worth living.
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No one can keep a mask on long.
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