What need is there to weep over parts of life? The whole of it calls for tears.
SENECAAll cruelty springs from weakness.
More Seneca Quotes
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No one can long hide behind a mask; the pretense soon lapses into the true character.
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There is no genius without a touch of madness.
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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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If a man knows not to which port he sails, no wind is favorable.
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He who seeks wisdom is a wise man; he who thinks he has found it is mad.
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To win true freeedom you must be a slave to philosophy.
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If thou wishest to get rid of thy evil propensities, thou must keep far from evil companions.
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Retire into yourself as much as possible.
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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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You act like mortals in all that you fear, and like immortals in all that you desire.
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He who asks with timidity invites a refusal.
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Every new beginning comes from some other beginning’s end.
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Begin at once to live, and count each separate day as a separate life.
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You are your choices.
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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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