Men can be divided into 2 groups: one that goes ahead and achieves something, and one that comes after and criticizes.
SENECAThe path of increase is slow, but the road to ruin is rapid.
More Seneca Quotes
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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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If a man knows not to which port he sails, no wind is favorable.
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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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We suffer more in imagination than in reality.
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If you live in harmony with nature you will never be poor; if you live according what others think, you will never be rich.
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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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The greatest blessings of mankind are within us and within our reach. A wise man is content with his lot, whatever it may be, without wishing for what he has not.
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Speech is the mirror of the mind.
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Begin at once to live, and count each separate day as a separate life.
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A sword by itself does not slay; it is merely the weapon used by the slayer.
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No one can long hide behind a mask; the pretense soon lapses into the true character.
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Fire proves gold, adversity proves men.
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Sometimes even to live is an act of courage.
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Many things have fallen only to rise higher.
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Nothing is more honorable than a grateful heart.
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