It is difficult to bring people to goodness with lessons, but it is easy to do so by example.
SENECAOften a very old man has no other proof of his long life than his age.
More Seneca Quotes
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To win true freeedom you must be a slave to philosophy.
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Many things have fallen only to rise higher.
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No good thing is pleasant without friends to share it.
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Leisure without books is death, and burial of a man alive.
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Often a very old man has no other proof of his long life than his age.
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Anger, if not restrained, is frequently more hurtful to us than the injury that provokes it.
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To be everywhere is to be nowhere.
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Retire into yourself as much as possible.
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When you see a man in distress, recognize him as a fellow man.
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It is never too late to learn what is always necessary to know.
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It is not goodness to be better than the worst.
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You act like mortals in all that you fear, and like immortals in all that you desire.
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I shall never be ashamed of citing a bad author if the line is good.
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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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A lesson that is never learned can never be too often taught.
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