The mind, unless it is pure and holy, cannot see God.
SENECABe silent as to services you have rendered, but speak of favours you have received.
More Seneca Quotes
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I shall never be ashamed of citing a bad author if the line is good.
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No good thing is pleasant without friends to share it.
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A man is as unhappy as he has convinced himself he is.
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No one can keep a mask on long.
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Difficulties strengthen the mind, as labor does the body.
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Nothing is so bitter that a calm mind cannot find comfort in 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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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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He who spares the wicked injures the good.
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If we let things terrify us, life will not be worth living.
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Time discovers truth. Time heals what reason cannot.
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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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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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It is a rough road that leads to the heights of greatness.
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As long as you live, keep learning how to live.
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