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.
SENECALife is long, if you know how to use it.
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To be everywhere is to be nowhere.
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Religion is regarded by the common people as true, by the wise as false, and by rulers as useful.
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There is nothing wrong with changing a plan when the situation has changed.
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As was his language so was his life.
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Most powerful is he who has himself in his own power.
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Often a very old man has no other proof of his long life than his age.
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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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Begin at once to live, and count each separate day as a separate life.
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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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No good thing is pleasant without friends to share it.
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He who asks with timidity invites a refusal.
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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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Enjoy present pleasures in such a way as not to injure future ones.
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Difficulties strengthen the mind, as labor does the body.
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To wish to be well is a part of becoming well.
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The mind, unless it is pure and holy, cannot see God.
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Be wary of the man who urges an action in which he himself incurs no risk.
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He is most powerful who governs himself.
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Anger, if not restrained, is frequently more hurtful to us than the injury that provokes it.
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The Best sign of Wisdom is the consistency between the words and deeds.
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After death there is nothing.
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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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He who is brave is free.
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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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Fire proves gold, adversity proves men.
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Life is long, if you know how to use it.
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