Fire proves gold, adversity proves men.
SENECAReligion is regarded by the common people as true, by the wise as false, and by rulers as useful.
More Seneca Quotes
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Time discovers truth. Time heals what reason cannot.
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Every new beginning comes from some other beginning’s end.
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Anger, if not restrained, is frequently more hurtful to us than the injury that provokes it.
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To wish to be well is a part of becoming well.
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He who asks with timidity invites a refusal.
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The important thing about a problem is not its solution, but the strength we gain in finding the solution.
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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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We suffer more in imagination than in reality.
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He who spares the wicked injures the good.
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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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There is nothing more despicable than an old man who has no other proof than his age to offer of his having lived long in the world.
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The mind, unless it is pure and holy, cannot see God.
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A sword by itself does not slay; it is merely the weapon used by the slayer.
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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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Begin at once to live, and count each separate day as a separate life.
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