Time discovers truth. Time heals what reason cannot.
SENECAIt is more fitting for a man to laugh at life than to lament over it.
More Seneca Quotes
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We suffer more in imagination than in reality.
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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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All cruelty springs from weakness.
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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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If thou wishest to get rid of thy evil propensities, thou must keep far from evil companions.
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There is no genius without a touch of madness.
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A good person dyes events with his own colour and turns whatever happens to his own benefit.
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It is never too late to learn what is always necessary to know.
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We learn not in the school, but in life.
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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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If a man knows not to which port he sails, no wind is favorable.
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Enjoy present pleasures in such a way as not to injure future ones.
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Don’t stumble over something behind you.
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A lesson that is never learned can never be too often taught.
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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 a rough road that leads to the heights of greatness.
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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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Laugh at your problems; everybody else does.
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Money has never yet made anyone rich.
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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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A man is as unhappy as he has convinced himself he is.
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Leisure without books is death, and burial of a man alive.
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Our fears are always more numerous than our dangers.
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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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He who asks with timidity invites a refusal.
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