No one can long hide behind a mask; the pretense soon lapses into the true character.
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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Hang on to your youthful enthusiasms – you’ll be able to use them better when you’re older.
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He who is brave is free.
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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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Fire proves gold, adversity proves men.
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To wish to be well is a part of becoming well.
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A lesson that is never learned can never be too often taught.
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A man is as unhappy as he has convinced himself he is.
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It is more fitting for a man to laugh at life than to lament over it.
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We learn not in the school, but in life.
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There is no genius without a touch of madness.
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A sword by itself does not slay; it is merely the weapon used by the slayer.
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Anger, if not restrained, is frequently more hurtful to us than the injury that provokes it.
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The thing that matters is not what you bear, but how you bear it.
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The greatest loss of time is delay and expectation, which depend upon the future.
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One of the most beautiful qualities of true friendship is to understand and to be understood.
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