The greatest blessings of mankind are within us and within our reach. A wise man is content with his lot, whatever it may be, without wishing for what he has not.
SENECADon’t stumble over something behind you.
More Seneca Quotes
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When you see a man in distress, recognize him as a fellow man.
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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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It is a rough road that leads to the heights of greatness.
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Most powerful is he who has himself in his own power.
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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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Time discovers truth. Time heals what reason cannot.
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When you die, it will not be because you are sick, but because you were alive.
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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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Life is like a play: it’s not the length, but the excellence of the acting that matters.
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We learn not in the school, but in life.
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God is near you, is with you, is inside you.
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A lesson that is never learned can never be too often taught.
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Hang on to your youthful enthusiasms – you’ll be able to use them better when you’re older.
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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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