To govern was to serve, not to rule.
SENECAMen can be divided into 2 groups: one that goes ahead and achieves something, and one that comes after and criticizes.
More Seneca Quotes
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Difficulties strengthen the mind, as labor does the body.
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Be silent as to services you have rendered, but speak of favours you have received.
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Luck is preparation multiplied by opportunity.
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Regard a friend as loyal, and you will make him loyal.
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Anger, if not restrained, is frequently more hurtful to us than the injury that provokes it.
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Be not dazzled by beauty, but look for those inward qualities which are lasting.
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Money has never yet made anyone rich.
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Speech is the mirror of the mind.
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The sun also shines on the wicked.
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Fire proves gold, adversity proves men.
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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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Many things have fallen only to rise higher.
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Be wary of the man who urges an action in which he himself incurs no risk.
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One of the most beautiful qualities of true friendship is to understand and to be understood.
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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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