Fire proves gold, adversity proves men.
SENECAThe Best sign of Wisdom is the consistency between the words and deeds.
More Seneca Quotes
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The greatest power of ruling consists in the exercise of self-control.
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Nothing is more honorable than a grateful heart.
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Enjoy present pleasures in such a way as not to injure future ones.
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The sun also shines on the wicked.
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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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Difficulties strengthen the mind, as labor does the body.
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After death there is nothing.
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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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What were once vices are the fashion of the day.
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If you don’t know, ask. You will be a fool for the moment, but a wise man for the rest of your life.
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The Best sign of Wisdom is the consistency between the words and deeds.
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Great men rejoice in adversity, just as brave soldiers triumph in war.
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To govern was to serve, not to rule.
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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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A lesson that is never learned can never be too often taught.
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To win true freeedom you must be a slave to philosophy.
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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 thing that matters is not what you bear, but how you bear it.
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If a man knows not to which port he sails, no wind is favorable.
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He is most powerful who governs himself.
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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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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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Most powerful is he who has himself in his own power.
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Wealth is the slave of a wise man. The master of a fool.
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The greatest hindrance to living is expectancy, which depends upon tomorrow and wastes today
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Retire into yourself as much as possible.
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