It is not the man who has too little, but the man who craves more, that is poor.
SENECANo one can long hide behind a mask; the pretense soon lapses into the true character.
More Seneca Quotes
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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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Be wary of the man who urges an action in which he himself incurs no risk.
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If we let things terrify us, life will not be worth living.
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There is no genius without a touch of madness.
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He who spares the wicked injures the good.
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Speech is the mirror of the mind.
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Sometimes even to live is an act of courage.
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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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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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Be silent as to services you have rendered, but speak of favours you have received.
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Leisure without books is death, and burial of a man alive.
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We learn not in the school, but in life.
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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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It is not because things are difficult that we do not dare; it is because we do not dare that things are difficult.
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