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.
SENECARetire into yourself as much as possible.
More Seneca Quotes
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They lose the day in expectation of the night, and the night in fear of the dawn
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It is more fitting for a man to laugh at life than to lament over it.
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We suffer more in imagination than in reality.
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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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What’s the good of dragging up sufferings which are over, of being unhappy now just because you were then.
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I shall never be ashamed of citing a bad author if the line is good.
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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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It is not because things are difficult that we do not dare; it is because we do not dare that things are difficult.
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Speech is the mirror of the mind.
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The greatest hindrance to living is expectancy, which depends upon tomorrow and wastes today
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Sometimes even to live is an act of courage.
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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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Enjoy present pleasures in such a way as not to injure future ones.
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Be wary of the man who urges an action in which he himself incurs no risk.
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Luck is preparation multiplied by opportunity.
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