It is more fitting for a man to laugh at life than to lament over it.
SENECAReligion is regarded by the common people as true, by the wise as false, and by rulers as useful.
More Seneca Quotes
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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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Be wary of the man who urges an action in which he himself incurs no risk.
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It is difficult to bring people to goodness with lessons, but it is easy to do so by example.
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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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No man is free who is a slave to the flesh.
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It is never too late to learn what is always necessary to know.
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A man is as unhappy as he has convinced himself he is.
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To govern was to serve, not to rule.
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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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Money has never yet made anyone rich.
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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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Speech is the mirror of the mind.
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As long as you live, keep learning how to live.
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Sometimes even to live is an act of courage.
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We learn not in the school, but in life.
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