It is difficult to bring people to goodness with lessons, but it is easy to do so by example.
SENECAIf a man knows not to which port he sails, no wind is favorable.
More Seneca Quotes
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As long as you live, keep learning how to live.
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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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He who asks with timidity invites a refusal.
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Find a path or make one.
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He who spares the wicked injures the good.
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Regard a friend as loyal, and you will make him loyal.
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To be everywhere is to be nowhere.
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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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The thing that matters is not what you bear, but how you bear it.
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Associate with people who are likely to improve you. Welcome those whom you are capable of improving. The process is a mutual one. People learn as they teach.
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Begin at once to live, and count each separate day as a separate life.
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The greatest power of ruling consists in the exercise of self-control.
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It is not goodness to be better than the worst.
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The mind, unless it is pure and holy, cannot see God.
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