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.
SENECAThe great thing is to know when to speak and when to keep quiet.
More Seneca Quotes
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Enjoy present pleasures in such a way as not to injure future ones.
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Begin at once to live, and count each separate day as a separate life.
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Everyone rushes his life on, and suffers from a yearning for the future and a boredom with the present.
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Authority founded on injustice is never of long duration.
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It does not matter how many books you have, but how good the books are which you have.
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Laugh at your problems; everybody else does.
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The mind, unless it is pure and holy, cannot see God.
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To be everywhere is to be nowhere.
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No man is free who is a slave to the flesh.
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Speech is the mirror of the mind.
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No one can keep a mask on long.
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It is a rough road that leads to the heights of greatness.
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Nothing is more honorable than a grateful heart.
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Luck is preparation multiplied by opportunity.
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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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