The greatest power of ruling consists in the exercise of self-control.
SENECAMoney has never yet made anyone rich.
More Seneca Quotes
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You are your choices.
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Speech is the mirror of the mind.
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The mind, unless it is pure and holy, cannot see God.
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To win true freeedom you must be a slave to philosophy.
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Be not dazzled by beauty, but look for those inward qualities which are lasting.
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We learn not in the school, but in life.
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A lesson that is never learned can never be too often taught.
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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 seeks wisdom is a wise man; he who thinks he has found it is mad.
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The great thing is to know when to speak and when to keep quiet.
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Religion is regarded by the common people as true, by the wise as false, and by rulers as useful.
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Many things have fallen only to rise higher.
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Luck is preparation multiplied by opportunity.
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To wish to be well is a part of becoming well.
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There is no genius without a touch of madness.
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They lose the day in expectation of the night, and the night in fear of the dawn
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The thing that matters is not what you bear, but how you bear it.
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It is a rough road that leads to the heights of greatness.
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The greatest blessings of mankind are within us and within our reach. A wise man is content with his lot, whatever it may be, without wishing for what he has not.
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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 good thing is pleasant without friends to share it.
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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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What’s the good of dragging up sufferings which are over, of being unhappy now just because you were then.
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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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As was his language so was his life.
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Be silent as to services you have rendered, but speak of favours you have received.
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