If we let things terrify us, life will not be worth living.
SENECAA sword by itself does not slay; it is merely the weapon used by the slayer.
More Seneca Quotes
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Be not dazzled by beauty, but look for those inward qualities which are lasting.
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What were once vices are the fashion of the day.
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No good thing is pleasant without friends to share it.
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Leisure without books is death, and burial of a man alive.
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Difficulties strengthen the mind, as labor does the body.
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Luck is preparation multiplied by opportunity.
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No one can long hide behind a mask; the pretense soon lapses into the true character.
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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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The thing that matters is not what you bear, but how you bear it.
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Be wary of the man who urges an action in which he himself incurs no risk.
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It is not goodness to be better than the worst.
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After death there is nothing.
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Many things have fallen only to rise higher.
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The great thing is to know when to speak and when to keep quiet.
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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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What need is there to weep over parts of life? The whole of it calls for tears.
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Be silent as to services you have rendered, but speak of favours you have received.
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One of the most beautiful qualities of true friendship is to understand and to be understood.
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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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Find a path or make one.
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To govern was to serve, not to rule.
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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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Regard a friend as loyal, and you will make him loyal.
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Speech is the mirror of the mind.
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As long as you live, keep learning how to live.
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It is more fitting for a man to laugh at life than to lament over it.
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