To govern was to serve, not to rule.
SENECAOne of the most beautiful qualities of true friendship is to understand and to be understood.
More Seneca Quotes
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Begin at once to live, and count each separate day as a separate 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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Great men rejoice in adversity, just as brave soldiers triumph in war.
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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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It does not matter how many books you have, but how good the books are which you have.
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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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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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Be wary of the man who urges an action in which he himself incurs no risk.
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To wish to be well is a part of becoming well.
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It is not the man who has too little, but the man who craves more, that is poor.
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Many things have fallen only to rise higher.
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They lose the day in expectation of the night, and the night in fear of the dawn
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Be not dazzled by beauty, but look for those inward qualities which are lasting.
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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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If we let things terrify us, life will not be worth living.
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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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It is a rough road that leads to the heights of greatness.
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Most powerful is he who has himself in his own power.
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Every new beginning comes from some other beginning’s end.
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One of the most beautiful qualities of true friendship is to understand and to be understood.
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The sun also shines on the wicked.
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We suffer more in imagination than in reality.
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A man is as unhappy as he has convinced himself he is.
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Regard a friend as loyal, and you will make him loyal.
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Money has never yet made anyone rich.
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