Wealth is the slave of a wise man. The master of a fool.
SENECAWhat need is there to weep over parts of life? The whole of it calls for tears.
More Seneca Quotes
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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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The sun also shines on the wicked.
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It is a rough road that leads to the heights of greatness.
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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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To be everywhere is to be nowhere.
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If we let things terrify us, life will not be worth living.
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The greatest loss of time is delay and expectation, which depend upon the future.
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As long as you live, keep learning how to live.
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The greatest blessings of mankind are within us and within our reach. A wise man is content with his lot, whatever it may be, without wishing for what he has not.
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A lesson that is never learned can never be too often taught.
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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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Begin at once to live, and count each separate day as a separate life.
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To win true freeedom you must be a slave to philosophy.
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It is not goodness to be better than the worst.
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There is nothing wrong with changing a plan when the situation has changed.
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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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As was his language so was his life.
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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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No man is free who is a slave to the flesh.
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Men can be divided into 2 groups: one that goes ahead and achieves something, and one that comes after and criticizes.
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No good thing is pleasant without friends to share it.
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If a man knows not to which port he sails, no wind is favorable.
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A man is as unhappy as he has convinced himself he is.
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Anger, if not restrained, is frequently more hurtful to us than the injury that provokes it.
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Often a very old man has no other proof of his long life than his age.
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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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