To be everywhere is to be nowhere.
SENECAAnger, if not restrained, is frequently more hurtful to us than the injury that provokes it.
More Seneca Quotes
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A sword by itself does not slay; it is merely the weapon used by the slayer.
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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 no genius without a touch of madness.
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The thing that matters is not what you bear, but how you bear it.
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Speech is the mirror of the mind.
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Enjoy present pleasures in such a way as not to injure future ones.
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If we let things terrify us, life will not be worth living.
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Great men rejoice in adversity, just as brave soldiers triumph in war.
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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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Leisure without books is death, and burial of a man alive.
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Sometimes even to live is an act of courage.
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The great thing is to know when to speak and when to keep quiet.
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He is most powerful who governs himself.
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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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What need is there to weep over parts of life? The whole of it calls for tears.
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Every new beginning comes from some other beginning’s end.
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To govern was to serve, not to rule.
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Authority founded on injustice is never of long duration.
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There is nothing wrong with changing a plan when the situation has changed.
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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.
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Nothing is so bitter that a calm mind cannot find comfort in it.
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The sun also shines on the wicked.
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We learn not in the school, but in life.
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A good person dyes events with his own colour and turns whatever happens to his own benefit.
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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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Often a very old man has no other proof of his long life than his age.
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