He who asks with timidity invites a refusal.
SENECAHe who asks with timidity invites a refusal.
More Seneca Quotes
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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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Money has never yet made anyone rich.
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The greatest loss of time is delay and expectation, which depend upon the future.
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I shall never be ashamed of citing a bad author if the line is good.
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He who is brave is free.
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Often a very old man has no other proof of his long life than his age.
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The greatest blessings of mankind are within us and within our reach. A wise man is content with his lot, whatever it may be, without wishing for what he has not.
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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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After death there is nothing.
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Don’t stumble over something behind you.
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A sword by itself does not slay; it is merely the weapon used by the slayer.
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Difficulties strengthen the mind, as labor does the body.
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Nothing is so bitter that a calm mind cannot find comfort in it.
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Most powerful is he who has himself in his own power.
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The thing that matters is not what you bear, but how you bear it.
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