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.
SENECASpeech is the mirror of the mind.
More Seneca Quotes
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Find a path or make one.
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A lesson that is never learned can never be too often taught.
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To govern was to serve, not to rule.
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We learn not in the school, but in life.
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Wealth is the slave of a wise man. The master of a fool.
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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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What’s the good of dragging up sufferings which are over, of being unhappy now just because you were then.
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No one can keep a mask on long.
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There is nothing wrong with changing a plan when the situation has changed.
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Nothing is so bitter that a calm mind cannot find comfort in it.
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He who spares the wicked injures the good.
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Most powerful is he who has himself in his own power.
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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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Time discovers truth. Time heals what reason cannot.
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Everyone rushes his life on, and suffers from a yearning for the future and a boredom with the present.
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