Time discovers truth. Time heals what reason cannot.
SENECAGreat men rejoice in adversity, just as brave soldiers triumph in war.
More Seneca Quotes
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The great thing is to know when to speak and when to keep quiet.
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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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What need is there to weep over parts of life? The whole of it calls for tears.
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Retire into yourself as much as possible.
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One of the most beautiful qualities of true friendship is to understand and to be understood.
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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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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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He who spares the wicked injures the good.
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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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It is more fitting for a man to laugh at life than to lament over it.
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The path of increase is slow, but the road to ruin is rapid.
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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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As was his language so was his life.
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All cruelty springs from weakness.
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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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