The greatest hindrance to living is expectancy, which depends upon tomorrow and wastes today
SENECAAuthority founded on injustice is never of long duration.
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When you see a man in distress, recognize him as a fellow man.
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Fire proves gold, adversity proves men.
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To win true freeedom you must be a slave to philosophy.
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Many things have fallen only to rise higher.
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It is a rough road that leads to the heights of greatness.
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It does not matter how many books you have, but how good the books are which you have.
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To govern was to serve, not to rule.
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As was his language so was his life.
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The path of increase is slow, but the road to ruin is rapid.
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A lesson that is never learned can never be too often taught.
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What need is there to weep over parts of life? The whole of it calls for tears.
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Life is like a play: it’s not the length, but the excellence of the acting that matters.
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Leisure without books is death, and burial of a man alive.
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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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Religion is regarded by the common people as true, by the wise as false, and by rulers as useful.
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