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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Life is like a play: it’s not the length, but the excellence of the acting that matters.
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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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A sword by itself does not slay; it is merely the weapon used by the slayer.
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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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It is not goodness to be better than the worst.
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To govern was to serve, not to rule.
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Leisure without books is death, and burial of a man alive.
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Laugh at your problems; everybody else does.
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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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The greatest power of ruling consists in the exercise of self-control.
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Speech is the mirror of the mind.
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If a man knows not to which port he sails, no wind is favorable.
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Be wary of the man who urges an action in which he himself incurs no risk.
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Anger, if not restrained, is frequently more hurtful to us than the injury that provokes it.
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All cruelty springs from weakness.
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