When you die, it will not be because you are sick, but because you were alive.
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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It is not goodness to be better than the worst.
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Laugh at your problems; everybody else does.
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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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He who spares the wicked injures the good.
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Every new beginning comes from some other beginning’s end.
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God is near you, is with you, is inside you.
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The greatest blessings of mankind are within us and within our reach. A wise man is content with his lot, whatever it may be, without wishing for what he has not.
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He who asks with timidity invites a refusal.
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A gift consists not in what is done or given, but in the intention of the giver or doer.
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Hang on to your youthful enthusiasms – you’ll be able to use them better when you’re older.
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You are your choices.
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The mind, unless it is pure and holy, cannot see God.
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The greatest power of ruling consists in the exercise of self-control.
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Find a path or make one.
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Retire into yourself as much as possible.
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Be wary of the man who urges an action in which he himself incurs no risk.
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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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Sometimes even to live is an act of courage.
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Be not dazzled by beauty, but look for those inward qualities which are lasting.
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It is never too late to learn what is always necessary to know.
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Money has never yet made anyone rich.
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There is no genius without a touch of madness.
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If we let things terrify us, life will not be worth living.
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The path of increase is slow, but the road to ruin is rapid.
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To be everywhere is to be nowhere.
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The greatest hindrance to living is expectancy, which depends upon tomorrow and wastes today
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