The path of increase is slow, but the road to ruin is rapid.
SENECABe not dazzled by beauty, but look for those inward qualities which are lasting.
More Seneca Quotes
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Retire into yourself as much as possible.
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To win true freeedom you must be a slave to philosophy.
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Begin at once to live, and count each separate day as a separate life.
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As long as you live, keep learning how to live.
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Time discovers truth. Time heals what reason cannot.
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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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All cruelty springs from weakness.
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I shall never be ashamed of citing a bad author if the line is good.
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It is not because things are difficult that we do not dare; it is because we do not dare that things are difficult.
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Leisure without books is death, and burial of a man alive.
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He who asks with timidity invites a refusal.
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After death there is nothing.
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Be silent as to services you have rendered, but speak of favours you have received.
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Anger, if not restrained, is frequently more hurtful to us than the injury that provokes it.
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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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If thou wishest to get rid of thy evil propensities, thou must keep far from evil companions.
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No one can long hide behind a mask; the pretense soon lapses into the true character.
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You are your choices.
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Regard a friend as loyal, and you will make him loyal.
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Luck is preparation multiplied by opportunity.
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God is near you, is with you, is inside you.
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Associate with people who are likely to improve you. Welcome those whom you are capable of improving. The process is a mutual one. People learn as they teach.
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Be wary of the man who urges an action in which he himself incurs no risk.
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There is nothing wrong with changing a plan when the situation has changed.
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A sword by itself does not slay; it is merely the weapon used by the slayer.
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What were once vices are the fashion of the day.
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