To win true freeedom you must be a slave to philosophy.
SENECATo govern was to serve, not to rule.
More Seneca Quotes
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Laugh at your problems; everybody else does.
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If thou wishest to get rid of thy evil propensities, thou must keep far from evil companions.
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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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Time discovers truth. Time heals what reason cannot.
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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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You act like mortals in all that you fear, and like immortals in all that you desire.
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Often a very old man has no other proof of his long life than his age.
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We learn not in the school, but in life.
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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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Be wary of the man who urges an action in which he himself incurs no risk.
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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 more fitting for a man to laugh at life than to lament over it.
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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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Don’t stumble over something behind you.
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Leisure without books is death, and burial of a man alive.
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