He who asks with timidity invites a refusal.
SENECATo govern was to serve, not to rule.
More Seneca Quotes
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Life is like a play: it’s not the length, but the excellence of the acting that matters.
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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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The mind, unless it is pure and holy, cannot see God.
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Fire proves gold, adversity proves men.
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To win true freeedom you must be a slave to philosophy.
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As long as you live, keep learning how to live.
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Be not dazzled by beauty, but look for those inward qualities which are lasting.
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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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If we let things terrify us, life will not be worth living.
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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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It is never too late to learn what is always necessary to know.
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The great thing is to know when to speak and when to keep quiet.
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Wealth is the slave of a wise man. The master of a fool.
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I shall never be ashamed of citing a bad author if the line is good.
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Regard a friend as loyal, and you will make him loyal.
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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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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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God is near you, is with you, is inside you.
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The greatest loss of time is delay and expectation, which depend upon the future.
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What were once vices are the fashion of the day.
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It is more fitting for a man to laugh at life than to lament over it.
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Time discovers truth. Time heals what reason cannot.
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No one can keep a mask on long.
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Retire into yourself as much as possible.
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There is nothing wrong with changing a plan when the situation has changed.
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Authority founded on injustice is never of long duration.
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