If we let things terrify us, life will not be worth living.
SENECAA gift consists not in what is done or given, but in the intention of the giver or doer.
More Seneca Quotes
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What were once vices are the fashion of the day.
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Anger, if not restrained, is frequently more hurtful to us than the injury that provokes it.
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A lesson that is never learned can never be too often taught.
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It is not goodness to be better than the worst.
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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.
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Nothing is so bitter that a calm mind cannot find comfort in it.
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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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A good person dyes events with his own colour and turns whatever happens to his own benefit.
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To be everywhere is to be nowhere.
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Laugh at your problems; everybody else does.
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The greatest power of ruling consists in the exercise of self-control.
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Money has never yet made anyone rich.
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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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Our fears are always more numerous than our dangers.
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When you die, it will not be because you are sick, but because you were alive.
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I shall never be ashamed of citing a bad author if the line is good.
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There is no genius without a touch of madness.
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Begin at once to live, and count each separate day as a separate life.
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Be wary of the man who urges an action in which he himself incurs no risk.
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When you see a man in distress, recognize him as a fellow man.
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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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He who spares the wicked injures the good.
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Authority founded on injustice is never of long duration.
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We learn not in the school, but in life.
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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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One of the most beautiful qualities of true friendship is to understand and to be understood.
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