Be not dazzled by beauty, but look for those inward qualities which are lasting.
SENECAIf thou wishest to get rid of thy evil propensities, thou must keep far from evil companions.
More Seneca Quotes
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The greatest power of ruling consists in the exercise of self-control.
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The thing that matters is not what you bear, but how you bear it.
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After death there is nothing.
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Everyone rushes his life on, and suffers from a yearning for the future and a boredom with the present.
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No man is free who is a slave to the flesh.
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It does not matter how many books you have, but how good the books are which you have.
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Laugh at your problems; everybody else does.
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No one can long hide behind a mask; the pretense soon lapses into the true character.
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Don’t stumble over something behind you.
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We suffer more in imagination than in reality.
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When you die, it will not be because you are sick, but because you were alive.
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A sword by itself does not slay; it is merely the weapon used by the slayer.
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The sun also shines on the wicked.
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True happiness is to enjoy the present, without anxious dependence upon the future, not to amuse ourselves with either hopes or fears but to rest satisfied with what we have, which is sufficient, for he that is so wants nothing.
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Regard a friend as loyal, and you will make him loyal.
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