If a man knows not to which port he sails, no wind is favorable.
SENECAEnjoy present pleasures in such a way as not to injure future ones.
More Seneca Quotes
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Hang on to your youthful enthusiasms – you’ll be able to use them better when you’re older.
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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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The mind, unless it is pure and holy, cannot see God.
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Be not dazzled by beauty, but look for those inward qualities which are lasting.
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Every new beginning comes from some other beginning’s end.
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A gift consists not in what is done or given, but in the intention of the giver or doer.
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The greatest loss of time is delay and expectation, which depend upon the future.
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The thing that matters is not what you bear, but how you bear it.
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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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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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Leisure without books is death, and burial of a man alive.
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If you live in harmony with nature you will never be poor; if you live according what others think, you will never be rich.
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It is never too late to learn what is always necessary to know.
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Sometimes even to live is an act of courage.
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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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