Be wary of the man who urges an action in which he himself incurs no risk.
SENECAEnjoy present pleasures in such a way as not to injure future ones.
More Seneca Quotes
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We suffer more in imagination than in reality.
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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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After death there is nothing.
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The greatest hindrance to living is expectancy, which depends upon tomorrow and wastes today
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There is nothing wrong with changing a plan when the situation has changed.
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You act like mortals in all that you fear, and like immortals in all that you desire.
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No one can keep a mask on long.
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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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What need is there to weep over parts of life? The whole of it calls for tears.
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Many things have fallen only to rise higher.
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Nothing is so bitter that a calm mind cannot find comfort in it.
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If we let things terrify us, life will not be worth living.
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What’s the good of dragging up sufferings which are over, of being unhappy now just because you were then.
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Every new beginning comes from some other beginning’s end.
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Our fears are always more numerous than our dangers.
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It is more fitting for a man to laugh at life than to lament over it.
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Most powerful is he who has himself in his own power.
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Speech is the mirror of the mind.
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Difficulties strengthen the mind, as labor does the body.
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Fire proves gold, adversity proves men.
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The thing that matters is not what you bear, but how you bear it.
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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 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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No good thing is pleasant without friends to share it.
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One of the most beautiful qualities of true friendship is to understand and to be understood.
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You are your choices.
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