I shall never be ashamed of citing a bad author if the line is good.
SENECAI shall never be ashamed of citing a bad author if the line is good.
SENECAThe thing that matters is not what you bear, but how you bear it.
SENECAWhen you die, it will not be because you are sick, but because you were alive.
SENECAHe who asks with timidity invites a refusal.
SENECAHe who seeks wisdom is a wise man; he who thinks he has found it is mad.
SENECAReligion is regarded by the common people as true, by the wise as false, and by rulers as useful.
SENECAA sword by itself does not slay; it is merely the weapon used by the slayer.
SENECALaugh at your problems; everybody else does.
SENECAOne of the most beautiful qualities of true friendship is to understand and to be understood.
SENECAThe great thing is to know when to speak and when to keep quiet.
SENECAThey lose the day in expectation of the night, and the night in fear of the dawn
SENECANo tree becomes rooted and sturdy unless many a wind assails it. For by its very tossing it tightens its grip and plants its roots more securely; the fragile trees are those that have grown in a sunny valley.
SENECAWe suffer more in imagination than in reality.
SENECAAll cruelty springs from weakness.
SENECAThe greatest hindrance to living is expectancy, which depends upon tomorrow and wastes today
SENECAThe important thing about a problem is not its solution, but the strength we gain in finding the solution.
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