He who asks with timidity invites a refusal.
SENECAWe learn not in the school, but in life.
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If we let things terrify us, life will not be worth living.
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If a man knows not to which port he sails, no wind is favorable.
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Be wary of the man who urges an action in which he himself incurs no risk.
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There is nothing wrong with changing a plan when the situation has changed.
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Be silent as to services you have rendered, but speak of favours you have received.
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The greatest power of ruling consists in the exercise of self-control.
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Laugh at your problems; everybody else does.
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Leisure without books is death, and burial of a man alive.
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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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Don’t stumble over something behind you.
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It is more fitting for a man to laugh at life than to lament over it.
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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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You act like mortals in all that you fear, and like immortals in all that you desire.
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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.
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He who is brave is free.
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The sun also shines on the wicked.
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Men can be divided into 2 groups: one that goes ahead and achieves something, and one that comes after and criticizes.
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Often a very old man has no other proof of his long life than his age.
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It is difficult to bring people to goodness with lessons, but it is easy to do so by example.
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Nothing is so bitter that a calm mind cannot find comfort in it.
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It is a rough road that leads to the heights of greatness.
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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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Life is like a play: it’s not the length, but the excellence of the acting that matters.
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God is near you, is with you, is inside you.
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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 lesson that is never learned can never be too often taught.
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