Life is like a play: it’s not the length, but the excellence of the acting that matters.
SENECAFire proves gold, adversity proves men.
More Seneca Quotes
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I shall never be ashamed of citing a bad author if the line is good.
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After death there is nothing.
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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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Enjoy present pleasures in such a way as not to injure future ones.
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It is not because things are difficult that we do not dare; it is because we do not dare that things are difficult.
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The thing that matters is not what you bear, but how you bear it.
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To govern was to serve, not to rule.
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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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If thou wishest to get rid of thy evil propensities, thou must keep far from evil companions.
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No one can long hide behind a mask; the pretense soon lapses into the true character.
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As long as you live, keep learning how to live.
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Leisure without books is death, and burial of a man alive.
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A lesson that is never learned can never be too often taught.
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They lose the day in expectation of the night, and the night in fear of the dawn
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No man is free who is a slave to the flesh.
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