The greatest power of ruling consists in the exercise of self-control.
SENECAOur fears are always more numerous than our dangers.
More Seneca Quotes
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As was his language so was his life.
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He who asks with timidity invites a refusal.
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He is most powerful who governs himself.
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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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We suffer more in imagination than in reality.
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Find a path or make one.
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Nothing is more honorable than a grateful heart.
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Fire proves gold, adversity proves men.
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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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What need is there to weep over parts of life? The whole of it calls for tears.
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Luck is preparation multiplied by opportunity.
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Associate with people who are likely to improve you. Welcome those whom you are capable of improving. The process is a mutual one. People learn as they teach.
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After death there is nothing.
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True happiness is to enjoy the present, without anxious dependence upon the future, not to amuse ourselves with either hopes or fears but to rest satisfied with what we have, which is sufficient, for he that is so wants nothing.
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When you see a man in distress, recognize him as a fellow man.
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