To govern was to serve, not to rule.
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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It is not the man who has too little, but the man who craves more, that is poor.
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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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Laugh at your problems; everybody else does.
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Life is like a play: it’s not the length, but the excellence of the acting that matters.
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Nothing is so bitter that a calm mind cannot find comfort in it.
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The sun also shines on the wicked.
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The great thing is to know when to speak and when to keep quiet.
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Begin at once to live, and count each separate day as a separate life.
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He who spares the wicked injures the good.
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We learn not in the school, but in life.
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Leisure without books is death, and burial of a man alive.
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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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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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Life is long, if you know how to use it.
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What need is there to weep over parts of life? The whole of it calls for tears.
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