Anger, if not restrained, is frequently more hurtful to us than the injury that provokes it.
SENECAA sword by itself does not slay; it is merely the weapon used by the slayer.
More Seneca Quotes
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Hang on to your youthful enthusiasms – you’ll be able to use them better when you’re older.
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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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If you live in harmony with nature you will never be poor; if you live according what others think, you will never be rich.
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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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Sometimes even to live is an act of courage.
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Be silent as to services you have rendered, but speak of favours you have received.
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Be wary of the man who urges an action in which he himself incurs no risk.
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Time discovers truth. Time heals what reason cannot.
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The greatest hindrance to living is expectancy, which depends upon tomorrow and wastes today
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Our fears are always more numerous than our dangers.
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Be not dazzled by beauty, but look for those inward qualities which are lasting.
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A gift consists not in what is done or given, but in the intention of the giver or doer.
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A man is as unhappy as he has convinced himself he is.
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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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He who seeks wisdom is a wise man; he who thinks he has found it is mad.
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