The greatest hindrance to living is expectancy, which depends upon tomorrow and wastes today
SENECAWhat need is there to weep over parts of life? The whole of it calls for tears.
More Seneca Quotes
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It is difficult to bring people to goodness with lessons, but it is easy to do so by example.
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Regard a friend as loyal, and you will make him loyal.
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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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The important thing about a problem is not its solution, but the strength we gain in finding the solution.
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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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Religion is regarded by the common people as true, by the wise as false, and by rulers as useful.
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Enjoy present pleasures in such a way as not to injure future ones.
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A sword by itself does not slay; it is merely the weapon used by the slayer.
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If we let things terrify us, life will not be worth living.
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He is most powerful who governs himself.
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A man is as unhappy as he has convinced himself he is.
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No one can keep a mask on long.
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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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They lose the day in expectation of the night, and the night in fear of the dawn
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Money has never yet made anyone rich.
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