Sometimes even to live is an act of courage.
SENECABe wary of the man who urges an action in which he himself incurs no risk.
More Seneca Quotes
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He who asks with timidity invites a refusal.
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Be silent as to services you have rendered, but speak of favours you have received.
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Retire into yourself as much as possible.
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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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We learn not in the school, but in life.
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Men can be divided into 2 groups: one that goes ahead and achieves something, and one that comes after and criticizes.
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The thing that matters is not what you bear, but how you bear it.
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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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Religion is regarded by the common people as true, by the wise as false, and by rulers as useful.
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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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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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Laugh at your problems; everybody else does.
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Be wary of the man who urges an action in which he himself incurs no risk.
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Leisure without books is death, and burial of a man alive.
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No one can long hide behind a mask; the pretense soon lapses into the true character.
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