If a man knows not to which port he sails, no wind is favorable.
SENECALife is like a play: it’s not the length, but the excellence of the acting that matters.
More Seneca Quotes
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Laugh at your problems; everybody else does.
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No one can long hide behind a mask; the pretense soon lapses into the true character.
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The greatest hindrance to living is expectancy, which depends upon tomorrow and wastes today
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A sword by itself does not slay; it is merely the weapon used by the slayer.
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Men can be divided into 2 groups: one that goes ahead and achieves something, and one that comes after and criticizes.
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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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Leisure without books is death, and burial of a man alive.
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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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Life is long, if you know how to use it.
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God is near you, is with you, is inside you.
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If you live in harmony with nature you will never be poor; if you live according what others think, you will never be rich.
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The greatest power of ruling consists in the exercise of self-control.
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When you see a man in distress, recognize him as a fellow man.
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Great men rejoice in adversity, just as brave soldiers triumph in war.
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To wish to be well is a part of becoming well.
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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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A man is as unhappy as he has convinced himself he is.
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A good person dyes events with his own colour and turns whatever happens to his own benefit.
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I shall never be ashamed of citing a bad author if the line is good.
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Hang on to your youthful enthusiasms – you’ll be able to use them better when you’re older.
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We suffer more in imagination than in reality.
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The important thing about a problem is not its solution, but the strength we gain in finding the solution.
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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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After death there is nothing.
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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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The thing that matters is not what you bear, but how you bear it.
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