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.
SENECAA lesson that is never learned can never be too often taught.
More Seneca Quotes
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Begin at once to live, and count each separate day as a separate life.
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If we let things terrify us, life will not be worth living.
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No one can keep a mask on long.
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Often a very old man has no other proof of his long life than his age.
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Find a path or make one.
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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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No 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.
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Nothing is so bitter that a calm mind cannot find comfort in it.
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As long as you live, keep learning how to live.
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It is not because things are difficult that we do not dare; it is because we do not dare that things are difficult.
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Laugh at your problems; everybody else does.
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Be wary of the man who urges an action in which he himself incurs no risk.
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The greatest hindrance to living is expectancy, which depends upon tomorrow and wastes today
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Nothing is more honorable than a grateful heart.
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We learn not in the school, but in life.
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