If a man knows not to which port he sails, no wind is favorable.
SENECAI shall never be ashamed of citing a bad author if the line is good.
More Seneca Quotes
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When you die, it will not be because you are sick, but because you were alive.
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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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There is no genius without a touch of madness.
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The greatest hindrance to living is expectancy, which depends upon tomorrow and wastes today
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It is difficult to bring people to goodness with lessons, but it is easy to do so by example.
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The thing that matters is not what you bear, but how you bear it.
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Difficulties strengthen the mind, as labor does the body.
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Authority founded on injustice is never of long duration.
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Don’t stumble over something behind you.
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The greatest power of ruling consists in the exercise of self-control.
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After death there is nothing.
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A sword by itself does not slay; it is merely the weapon used by the slayer.
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Life is long, if you know how to use it.
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We learn not in the school, but in life.
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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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