He who asks with timidity invites a refusal.
SENECAAuthority founded on injustice is never of long duration.
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Nothing is so bitter that a calm mind cannot find comfort in it.
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God is near you, is with you, is inside you.
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The greatest loss of time is delay and expectation, which depend upon the future.
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If you don’t know, ask. You will be a fool for the moment, but a wise man for the rest of your life.
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The important thing about a problem is not its solution, but the strength we gain in finding the solution.
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Often a very old man has no other proof of his long life than his age.
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No man is free who is a slave to the flesh.
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Difficulties strengthen the mind, as labor does the body.
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The thing that matters is not what you bear, but how you bear it.
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He who seeks wisdom is a wise man; he who thinks he has found it is mad.
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Be wary of the man who urges an action in which he himself incurs no risk.
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He who is brave is free.
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To govern was to serve, not to rule.
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Don’t stumble over something behind you.
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No one can long hide behind a mask; the pretense soon lapses into the true character.
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