A man is as unhappy as he has convinced himself he is.
SENECAWhen you die, it will not be because you are sick, but because you were alive.
More Seneca Quotes
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No good thing is pleasant without friends to share it.
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Often a very old man has no other proof of his long life than his age.
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We suffer more in imagination than in reality.
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It is not the man who has too little, but the man who craves more, that is poor.
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The path of increase is slow, but the road to ruin is rapid.
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Anger, if not restrained, is frequently more hurtful to us than the injury that provokes it.
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I shall never be ashamed of citing a bad author if the line is good.
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Leisure without books is death, and burial of a man alive.
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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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Regard a friend as loyal, and you will make him loyal.
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Nothing is more honorable than a grateful heart.
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Be silent as to services you have rendered, but speak of favours you have received.
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We learn not in the school, but in life.
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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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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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