You act like mortals in all that you fear, and like immortals in all that you desire.
SENECAThe sun also shines on the wicked.
More Seneca Quotes
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As long as you live, keep learning how to live.
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All cruelty springs from weakness.
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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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To be everywhere is to be nowhere.
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If you don’t know, ask. You will be a fool for the moment, but a wise man for the rest of your life.
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Sometimes even to live is an act of courage.
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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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A gift consists not in what is done or given, but in the intention of the giver or doer.
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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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As was his language so was his life.
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No one can long hide behind a mask; the pretense soon lapses into the true character.
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It is never too late to learn what is always necessary to know.
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Every new beginning comes from some other beginning’s end.
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No man is free who is a slave to the flesh.
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What were once vices are the fashion of the day.
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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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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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A sword by itself does not slay; it is merely the weapon used by the slayer.
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He is most powerful who governs himself.
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Enjoy present pleasures in such a way as not to injure future ones.
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Great men rejoice in adversity, just as brave soldiers triumph in war.
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If a man knows not to which port he sails, no wind is favorable.
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He who spares the wicked injures the good.
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A lesson that is never learned can never be too often taught.
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Wealth is the slave of a wise man. The master of a fool.
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