It is more fitting for a man to laugh at life than to lament over it.
SENECAHe who asks with timidity invites a refusal.
More Seneca Quotes
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Be not dazzled by beauty, but look for those inward qualities which are lasting.
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Speech is the mirror of the mind.
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Authority founded on injustice is never of long duration.
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When you die, it will not be because you are sick, but because you were alive.
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Time discovers truth. Time heals what reason cannot.
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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 does not matter how many books you have, but how good the books are which you have.
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He who is brave is free.
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Money has never yet made anyone rich.
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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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Difficulties strengthen the mind, as labor does the body.
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It is not goodness to be better than the worst.
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I shall never be ashamed of citing a bad author if the line is good.
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Often a very old man has no other proof of his long life than his age.
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The greatest hindrance to living is expectancy, which depends upon tomorrow and wastes today
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