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.
SENECAHe who spares the wicked injures the good.
More Seneca Quotes
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Great men rejoice in adversity, just as brave soldiers triumph in war.
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Difficulties strengthen the mind, as labor does the body.
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Be silent as to services you have rendered, but speak of favours you have received.
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Our fears are always more numerous than our dangers.
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Speech is the mirror of the mind.
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The greatest hindrance to living is expectancy, which depends upon tomorrow and wastes today
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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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A man is as unhappy as he has convinced himself he is.
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A sword by itself does not slay; it is merely the weapon used by the slayer.
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Every new beginning comes from some other beginning’s end.
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You are your choices.
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All cruelty springs from weakness.
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It is not because things are difficult that we do not dare; it is because we do not dare that things are difficult.
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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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He who is brave is free.
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