It is difficult to bring people to goodness with lessons, but it is easy to do so by example.
SENECATo govern was to serve, not to rule.
More Seneca Quotes
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As was his language so was his life.
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Nothing is more honorable than a grateful heart.
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Every new beginning comes from some other beginning’s end.
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Laugh at your problems; everybody else does.
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The great thing is to know when to speak and when to keep quiet.
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If we let things terrify us, life will not be worth living.
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Life is long, if you know how to use it.
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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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He who seeks wisdom is a wise man; he who thinks he has found it is mad.
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The path of increase is slow, but the road to ruin is rapid.
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The important thing about a problem is not its solution, but the strength we gain in finding the solution.
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It is more fitting for a man to laugh at life than to lament over it.
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What’s the good of dragging up sufferings which are over, of being unhappy now just because you were then.
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Be wary of the man who urges an action in which he himself incurs no risk.
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The mind, unless it is pure and holy, cannot see God.
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If a man knows not to which port he sails, no wind is favorable.
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The thing that matters is not what you bear, but how you bear it.
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To win true freeedom you must be a slave to philosophy.
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Everyone rushes his life on, and suffers from a yearning for the future and a boredom with the present.
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One of the most beautiful qualities of true friendship is to understand and to be understood.
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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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Be not dazzled by beauty, but look for those inward qualities which are lasting.
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Be silent as to services you have rendered, but speak of favours you have received.
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To wish to be well is a part of becoming well.
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What were once vices are the fashion of the day.
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A lesson that is never learned can never be too often taught.
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