Our fears are always more numerous than our dangers.
SENECAIf we let things terrify us, life will not be worth living.
More Seneca Quotes
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He is most powerful who governs himself.
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Leisure without books is death, and burial of a man alive.
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A man is as unhappy as he has convinced himself he is.
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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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You act like mortals in all that you fear, and like immortals in all that you desire.
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Begin at once to live, and count each separate day as a separate life.
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If a man knows not to which port he sails, no wind is favorable.
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If we let things terrify us, life will not be worth living.
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A lesson that is never learned can never be too often taught.
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If thou wishest to get rid of thy evil propensities, thou must keep far from evil companions.
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Anger, if not restrained, is frequently more hurtful to us than the injury that provokes it.
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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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Authority founded on injustice is never of long duration.
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What were once vices are the fashion of the day.
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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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