Authority founded on injustice is never of long duration.
SENECAYou act like mortals in all that you fear, and like immortals in all that you desire.
More Seneca Quotes
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Time discovers truth. Time heals what reason cannot.
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He is most powerful who governs himself.
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If a man knows not to which port he sails, no wind is favorable.
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Enjoy present pleasures in such a way as not to injure future ones.
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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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No one can long hide behind a mask; the pretense soon lapses into the true character.
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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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Don’t stumble over something behind you.
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It is a rough road that leads to the heights of greatness.
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To be everywhere is to be nowhere.
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It is never too late to learn what is always necessary to know.
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Be wary of the man who urges an action in which he himself incurs no risk.
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Begin at once to live, and count each separate day as a separate 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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Wealth is the slave of a wise man. The master of a fool.
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