No one can keep a mask on long.
SENECATo govern was to serve, not to rule.
More Seneca Quotes
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No one can long hide behind a mask; the pretense soon lapses into the true character.
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What need is there to weep over parts of life? The whole of it calls for tears.
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To wish to be well is a part of becoming well.
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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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Regard a friend as loyal, and you will make him loyal.
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If a man knows not to which port he sails, no wind is favorable.
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You are your choices.
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He who asks with timidity invites a refusal.
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Wealth is the slave of a wise man. The master of a fool.
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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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You act like mortals in all that you fear, and like immortals in all that you desire.
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There is no genius without a touch of madness.
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It does not matter how many books you have, but how good the books are which you have.
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It is not goodness to be better than the worst.
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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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