It is not goodness to be better than the worst.
SENECAIt is more fitting for a man to laugh at life than to lament over it.
More Seneca Quotes
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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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We learn not in the school, but in life.
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Fire proves gold, adversity proves men.
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Wealth is the slave of a wise man. The master of a fool.
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Luck is preparation multiplied by opportunity.
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Men can be divided into 2 groups: one that goes ahead and achieves something, and one that comes after and criticizes.
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Retire into yourself as much as possible.
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You act like mortals in all that you fear, and like immortals in all that you desire.
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Find a path or make one.
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The sun also shines on the wicked.
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A man is as unhappy as he has convinced himself he is.
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Laugh at your problems; everybody else does.
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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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When you die, it will not be because you are sick, but because you were alive.
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Speech is the mirror of the mind.
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The path of increase is slow, but the road to ruin is rapid.
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Sometimes even to live is an act of courage.
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To govern was to serve, not to rule.
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No good thing is pleasant without friends to share it.
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Money has never yet made anyone rich.
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The thing that matters is not what you bear, but how you bear it.
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It is never too late to learn what is always necessary to know.
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What were once vices are the fashion of the day.
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Leisure without books is death, and burial of a man alive.
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Religion is regarded by the common people as true, by the wise as false, and by rulers as useful.
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Life is like a play: it’s not the length, but the excellence of the acting that matters.
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