He who asks with timidity invites a refusal.
SENECAIt is more fitting for a man to laugh at life than to lament over it.
More Seneca Quotes
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I shall never be ashamed of citing a bad author if the line is good.
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Everyone rushes his life on, and suffers from a yearning for the future and a boredom with the present.
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Wealth is the slave of a wise man. The master of a fool.
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The greatest hindrance to living is expectancy, which depends upon tomorrow and wastes today
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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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We learn not in the school, but in life.
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True happiness is to enjoy the present, without anxious dependence upon the future, not to amuse ourselves with either hopes or fears but to rest satisfied with what we have, which is sufficient, for he that is so wants nothing.
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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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The Best sign of Wisdom is the consistency between the words and deeds.
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What’s the good of dragging up sufferings which are over, of being unhappy now just because you were then.
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Luck is preparation multiplied by opportunity.
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He who is brave is free.
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The thing that matters is not what you bear, but how you bear it.
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As long as you live, keep learning how to live.
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Find a path or make one.
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