Religion is regarded by the common people as true, by the wise as false, and by rulers as useful.
SENECAIt is not because things are difficult that we do not dare; it is because we do not dare that things are difficult.
More Seneca Quotes
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We suffer more in imagination than in reality.
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Great men rejoice in adversity, just as brave soldiers triumph in war.
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It is never too late to learn what is always necessary to know.
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Be silent as to services you have rendered, but speak of favours you have received.
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Nothing is so bitter that a calm mind cannot find comfort in it.
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When you see a man in distress, recognize him as a fellow man.
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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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Often a very old man has no other proof of his long life than his age.
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He who seeks wisdom is a wise man; he who thinks he has found it is mad.
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When you die, it will not be because you are sick, but because you were alive.
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Difficulties strengthen the mind, as labor does the body.
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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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Leisure without books is death, and burial of a man alive.
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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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A man is as unhappy as he has convinced himself he is.
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