It is not the man who has too little, but the man who craves more, that is poor.
SENECAIf we let things terrify us, life will not be worth living.
More Seneca Quotes
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Anger, if not restrained, is frequently more hurtful to us than the injury that provokes 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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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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Nothing is so bitter that a calm mind cannot find comfort in it.
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He who is brave is free.
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There is nothing wrong with changing a plan when the situation has changed.
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The path of increase is slow, but the road to ruin is rapid.
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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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What were once vices are the fashion of the day.
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He is most powerful who governs himself.
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It is difficult to bring people to goodness with lessons, but it is easy to do so by example.
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Often a very old man has no other proof of his long life than his age.
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Every new beginning comes from some other beginning’s end.
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If we let things terrify us, life will not be worth living.
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If a man knows not to which port he sails, no wind is favorable.
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