Everyone rushes his life on, and suffers from a yearning for the future and a boredom with the present.
SENECAIt is difficult to bring people to goodness with lessons, but it is easy to do so by example.
More Seneca Quotes
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Speech is the mirror of the mind.
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Life is long, if you know how to use it.
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The greatest hindrance to living is expectancy, which depends upon tomorrow and wastes today
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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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No good thing is pleasant without friends to share it.
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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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To wish to be well is a part of becoming well.
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No one can keep a mask on long.
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Sometimes even to live is an act of courage.
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Great men rejoice in adversity, just as brave soldiers triumph in war.
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The greatest power of ruling consists in the exercise of self-control.
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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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No one can long hide behind a mask; the pretense soon lapses into the true character.
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The sun also shines on the wicked.
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Associate with people who are likely to improve you. Welcome those whom you are capable of improving. The process is a mutual one. People learn as they teach.
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