No tree becomes rooted and sturdy unless many a wind assails it. For by its very tossing it tightens its grip and plants its roots more securely; the fragile trees are those that have grown in a sunny valley.
SENECAWe learn not in the school, but in life.
More Seneca Quotes
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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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To be everywhere is to be nowhere.
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If you don’t know, ask. You will be a fool for the moment, but a wise man for the rest of your life.
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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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Nothing is more honorable than a grateful heart.
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It is not goodness to be better than the worst.
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Time discovers truth. Time heals what reason cannot.
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Fire proves gold, adversity proves men.
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Every new beginning comes from some other beginning’s end.
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To govern was to serve, not to rule.
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To win true freeedom you must be a slave to philosophy.
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When you see a man in distress, recognize him as a fellow man.
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Enjoy present pleasures in such a way as not to injure future ones.
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If a man knows not to which port he sails, no wind is favorable.
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He is most powerful who governs himself.
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