A gift consists not in what is done or given, but in the intention of the giver or doer.
SENECAThe sun also shines on the wicked.
More Seneca Quotes
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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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We suffer more in imagination than in reality.
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Be silent as to services you have rendered, but speak of favours you have received.
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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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One of the most beautiful qualities of true friendship is to understand and to be understood.
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Find a path or make one.
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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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Be wary of the man who urges an action in which he himself incurs no risk.
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When you die, it will not be because you are sick, but because you were alive.
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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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There is no genius without a touch of madness.
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No good thing is pleasant without friends to share it.
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He is most powerful who governs himself.
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To govern was to serve, not to rule.
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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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