Nothing is so bitter that a calm mind cannot find comfort in it.
SENECATo govern was to serve, not to rule.
More Seneca Quotes
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What were once vices are the fashion of the day.
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Sometimes even to live is an act of courage.
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Be wary of the man who urges an action in which he himself incurs no risk.
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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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To win true freeedom you must be a slave to philosophy.
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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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God is near you, is with you, is inside you.
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Enjoy present pleasures in such a way as not to injure future ones.
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If we let things terrify us, life will not be worth living.
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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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There is no genius without a touch of madness.
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Speech is the mirror of the mind.
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Regard a friend as loyal, and you will make him loyal.
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No tree becomes rooted and sturdy unless many a wind assails it. For by its very tossing it tightens its grip and plants its roots more securely; the fragile trees are those that have grown in a sunny valley.
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You are your choices.
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