Leisure without books is death, and burial of a man alive.
SENECAFire proves gold, adversity proves men.
More Seneca Quotes
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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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To wish to be well is a part of becoming well.
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Enjoy present pleasures in such a way as not to injure future ones.
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Many things have fallen only to rise higher.
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To govern was to serve, not to rule.
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There is nothing wrong with changing a plan when the situation has changed.
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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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The sun also shines on the wicked.
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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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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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When you die, it will not be because you are sick, but because you were alive.
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Wealth is the slave of a wise man. The master of a fool.
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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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Regard a friend as loyal, and you will make him loyal.
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Life is long, if you know how to use it.
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