Men can be divided into 2 groups: one that goes ahead and achieves something, and one that comes after and criticizes.
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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Often a very old man has no other proof of his long life than his age.
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Money has never yet made anyone rich.
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The path of increase is slow, but the road to ruin is rapid.
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A lesson that is never learned can never be too often taught.
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Many things have fallen only to rise higher.
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He who asks with timidity invites a refusal.
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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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To win true freeedom you must be a slave to philosophy.
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There is no genius without a touch of madness.
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Be not dazzled by beauty, but look for those inward qualities which are lasting.
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We learn not in the school, but in life.
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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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I shall never be ashamed of citing a bad author if the line is good.
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Authority founded on injustice is never of long duration.
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When you see a man in distress, recognize him as a fellow man.
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If you don’t know, ask. You will be a fool for the moment, but a wise man for the rest of your life.
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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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Most powerful is he who has himself in his own power.
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Difficulties strengthen the mind, as labor does the body.
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Nothing is so bitter that a calm mind cannot find comfort in it.
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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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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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A man is as unhappy as he has convinced himself he is.
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Our fears are always more numerous than our dangers.
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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.
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Anger, if not restrained, is frequently more hurtful to us than the injury that provokes it.
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