Leisure without books is death, and burial of a man alive.
SENECAAuthority founded on injustice is never of long duration.
More Seneca Quotes
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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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When you see a man in distress, recognize him as a fellow man.
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The mind, unless it is pure and holy, cannot see God.
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No tree becomes rooted and sturdy unless many a wind assails it. For by its very tossing it tightens its grip and plants its roots more securely; the fragile trees are those that have grown in a sunny valley.
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Anger, if not restrained, is frequently more hurtful to us than the injury that provokes it.
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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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After death there is nothing.
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You are your choices.
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He who is brave is free.
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Often a very old man has no other proof of his long life than his age.
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The thing that matters is not what you bear, but how you bear it.
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The greatest hindrance to living is expectancy, which depends upon tomorrow and wastes today
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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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Regard a friend as loyal, and you will make him loyal.
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He who asks with timidity invites a refusal.
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