It is difficult to bring people to goodness with lessons, but it is easy to do so by example.
SENECAEveryone rushes his life on, and suffers from a yearning for the future and a boredom with the present.
More Seneca Quotes
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He who asks with timidity invites a refusal.
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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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The sun also shines on the wicked.
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It is a rough road that leads to the heights of greatness.
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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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What’s the good of dragging up sufferings which are over, of being unhappy now just because you were then.
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What were once vices are the fashion of the day.
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Luck is preparation multiplied by opportunity.
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He who is brave is free.
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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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Everyone rushes his life on, and suffers from a yearning for the future and a boredom with the present.
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As was his language so was his life.
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Often a very old man has no other proof of his long life than his age.
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Enjoy present pleasures in such a way as not to injure future ones.
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Authority founded on injustice is never of long duration.
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