He is most powerful who governs himself.
SENECANo one can long hide behind a mask; the pretense soon lapses into the true character.
More Seneca Quotes
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It is a rough road that leads to the heights of greatness.
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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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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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It is never too late to learn what is always necessary to know.
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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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To govern was to serve, not to rule.
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There is nothing more despicable than an old man who has no other proof than his age to offer of his having lived long in the world.
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It is not the man who has too little, but the man who craves more, that is poor.
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Don’t stumble over something behind you.
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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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We learn not in the school, but in life.
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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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Laugh at your problems; everybody else does.
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I shall never be ashamed of citing a bad author if the line is good.
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Be silent as to services you have rendered, but speak of favours you have received.
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