Difficulties strengthen the mind, as labor does the body.
SENECAIf you don’t know, ask. You will be a fool for the moment, but a wise man for the rest of your life.
More Seneca Quotes
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All cruelty springs from weakness.
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The thing that matters is not what you bear, but how you bear it.
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Our fears are always more numerous than our dangers.
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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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If we let things terrify us, life will not be worth living.
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The greatest power of ruling consists in the exercise of self-control.
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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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He who seeks wisdom is a wise man; he who thinks he has found it is mad.
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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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Laugh at your problems; everybody else does.
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We learn not in the school, but in life.
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A sword by itself does not slay; it is merely the weapon used by the slayer.
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Be wary of the man who urges an action in which he himself incurs no risk.
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Be silent as to services you have rendered, but speak of favours you have received.
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