When you die, it will not be because you are sick, but because you were alive.
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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The greatest power of ruling consists in the exercise of self-control.
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There is no genius without a touch of madness.
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After death there is nothing.
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As long as you live, keep learning how to live.
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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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Leisure without books is death, and burial of a man alive.
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Be silent as to services you have rendered, but speak of favours you have received.
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He who asks with timidity invites a refusal.
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No one can long hide behind a mask; the pretense soon lapses into the true character.
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Our fears are always more numerous than our dangers.
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Difficulties strengthen the mind, as labor does the body.
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If a man knows not to which port he sails, no wind is favorable.
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It is not the man who has too little, but the man who craves more, that is poor.
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The greatest hindrance to living is expectancy, which depends upon tomorrow and wastes today
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Men can be divided into 2 groups: one that goes ahead and achieves something, and one that comes after and criticizes.
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