Great men rejoice in adversity, just as brave soldiers triumph in war.
SENECAThe mind, unless it is pure and holy, cannot see God.
More Seneca Quotes
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A man is as unhappy as he has convinced himself he is.
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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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To govern was to serve, not to rule.
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Every new beginning comes from some other beginning’s end.
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There is no genius without a touch of madness.
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Be silent as to services you have rendered, but speak of favours you have received.
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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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They lose the day in expectation of the night, and the night in fear of the dawn
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A lesson that is never learned can never be too often taught.
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The greatest hindrance to living is expectancy, which depends upon tomorrow and wastes today
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Laugh at your problems; everybody else does.
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Leisure without books is death, and burial of a man alive.
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If you live in harmony with nature you will never be poor; if you live according what others think, you will never be rich.
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To be everywhere is to be nowhere.
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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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It is a rough road that leads to the heights of greatness.
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Life is long, if you know how to use it.
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Many things have fallen only to rise higher.
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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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It is not the man who has too little, but the man who craves more, that is poor.
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Speech is the mirror of the mind.
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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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Luck is preparation multiplied by opportunity.
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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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Sometimes even to live is an act of courage.
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