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.
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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Money has never yet made anyone rich.
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We learn not in the school, but in life.
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The greatest loss of time is delay and expectation, which depend upon the future.
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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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I shall never be ashamed of citing a bad author if the line is good.
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Most powerful is he who has himself in his own power.
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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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It is difficult to bring people to goodness with lessons, but it is easy to do so by example.
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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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Associate with people who are likely to improve you. Welcome those whom you are capable of improving. The process is a mutual one. People learn as they teach.
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He who is brave is free.
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To wish to be well is a part of becoming well.
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If a man knows not to which port he sails, no wind is favorable.
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A lesson that is never learned can never be too often taught.
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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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