What need is there to weep over parts of life? The whole of it calls for tears.
SENECABe not dazzled by beauty, but look for those inward qualities which are lasting.
More Seneca Quotes
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What were once vices are the fashion of the day.
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The sun also shines on the wicked.
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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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I shall never be ashamed of citing a bad author if the line is good.
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All cruelty springs from weakness.
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Regard a friend as loyal, and you will make him loyal.
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Enjoy present pleasures in such a way as not to injure future ones.
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When you die, it will not be because you are sick, but because you were alive.
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Life is long, if you know how to use it.
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After death there is nothing.
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Leisure without books is death, and burial of a man alive.
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Luck is preparation multiplied by opportunity.
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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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Time discovers truth. Time heals what reason cannot.
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We learn not in the school, but in life.
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