Life is like a play: it’s not the length, but the excellence of the acting that matters.
SENECAWealth is the slave of a wise man. The master of a fool.
More Seneca Quotes
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After death there is nothing.
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Most powerful is he who has himself in his own power.
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The mind, unless it is pure and holy, cannot see God.
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It is never too late to learn what is always necessary to know.
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He is most powerful who governs himself.
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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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Religion is regarded by the common people as true, by the wise as false, and by rulers as useful.
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The Best sign of Wisdom is the consistency between the words and deeds.
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Begin at once to live, and count each separate day as a separate life.
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All cruelty springs from weakness.
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Difficulties strengthen the mind, as labor does the body.
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There is nothing more despicable than an old man who has no other proof than his age to offer of his having lived long in the world.
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What were once vices are the fashion of the day.
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Don’t stumble over something behind you.
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He who asks with timidity invites a refusal.
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