Seneca on fit
Seneca94 quotes“It is more fitting for a man to laugh at life than to lament over it.”
More from Seneca
Leisure without books is death, and burial of a man alive.
SenecaSeneca A lesson that is never learned can never be too often taught.
SenecaSeneca Laugh at your problems; everybody else does.
SenecaSeneca Our fears are always more numerous than our dangers.
SenecaSeneca Begin at once to live, and count each separate day as a separate life.
SenecaSeneca If you don’t know, ask. You will be a fool for the moment, but a wise man for the rest of your life.
SenecaSeneca What need is there to weep over parts of life? The whole of it calls for tears.
SenecaSeneca It is not because things are difficult that we do not dare; it is because we do not dare that things are difficult.
SenecaSeneca We suffer more in imagination than in reality.
SenecaSeneca As long as you live, keep learning how to live.
SenecaSeneca The greatest power of ruling consists in the exercise of self-control.
SenecaSeneca 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.
SenecaSeneca Every new beginning comes from some other beginning’s end.
SenecaSeneca Many things have fallen only to rise higher.
SenecaSeneca 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.
SenecaSeneca He who seeks wisdom is a wise man; he who thinks he has found it is mad.
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Don’t compare her to sunshine and roses when she’s clearly orchids and moonlight.
Melody LeeMelody Lee Oh moonlight, continue to shine on me. As you light up the sky, maybe some peace will come to me.
ShamaShama Stop counting the reasons why they should be loved and start counting the many reasons why you are the one who is worth loving.
Ayaka HaseAyaka Hase Sure, there are oceans and seas and magnificent things – but none of them are you.
L.T. PhoenixL.T. Phoenix I wish you the wildest of dreams.
Kate WestKate West The way you look at me, The way you make me feel whole, The way you make me feel safe, thats poetry to me.
Barbara GianquittoBarbara Gianquitto You cannot leave and have me too I cannot exist in two places at once-when you ask if we can still be friends.
Rupi KaurRupi Kaur Live to be happy not to impress.
Hayley EvansHayley Evans
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I’ve never had a treehouse because I live in New York City.
Abigail BreslinAbigail Breslin At times, I have been convinced that books hold all the material of life–at least all the stuff that fits between an A and a Z.
Abelardo MorellAbelardo Morell But I don’t fit. Your family hates me. I make your life difficult.” That’s where she was wrong. “No, You’re my family. And as for making my life difficult, you, Blaire Wynn, make my life complete.
Abbi GlinesAbbi Glines How do I soothe his ache when mine was a big gaping hole large enough for both of us to fit in?
Abbi GlinesAbbi Glines Patriotism, in the trenches, was too remote a sentiment, and at once rejected as fit only for civilians, or prisoners. A new arrival who talked patriotism would soon be told to cut it out.
Robert GravesRobert Graves Patriotism, in the trenches, was too remote a sentiment, and at once rejected as fit only for civilians, or prisoners. A new arrival who talked patriotism would soon be told to cut it out.
Robert GravesRobert Graves It’s better to be an outspoken atheist than a hypocrite.
Srila PrabhupadaSrila Prabhupada Laws should be like clothes. They should be made to fit the people they are meant to serve.
Clarence DarrowClarence Darrow