Often a very old man has no other proof of his long life than his age.
SENECAHang on to your youthful enthusiasms – you’ll be able to use them better when you’re older.
More Seneca Quotes
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Most powerful is he who has himself in his own power.
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Hang on to your youthful enthusiasms – you’ll be able to use them better when you’re older.
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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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We suffer more in imagination than in reality.
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There is no genius without a touch of madness.
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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 does not matter how many books you have, but how good the books are which you have.
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Retire into yourself as much as possible.
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Regard a friend as loyal, and you will make him loyal.
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The sun also shines on the wicked.
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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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The path of increase is slow, but the road to ruin is rapid.
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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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The great thing is to know when to speak and when to keep quiet.
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Fire proves gold, adversity proves men.
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Life is long, if you know how to use it.
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Be silent as to services you have rendered, but speak of favours you have received.
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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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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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Anger, if not restrained, is frequently more hurtful to us than the injury that provokes it.
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Luck is preparation multiplied by opportunity.
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A good person dyes events with his own colour and turns whatever happens to his own benefit.
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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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You act like mortals in all that you fear, and like immortals in all that you desire.
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