If thou wishest to get rid of thy evil propensities, thou must keep far from evil companions.
SENECAThere 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.
More Seneca Quotes
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He who seeks wisdom is a wise man; he who thinks he has found it is mad.
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I shall never be ashamed of citing a bad author if the line is good.
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Anger, if not restrained, is frequently more hurtful to us than the injury that provokes it.
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The great thing is to know when to speak and when to keep quiet.
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He who is brave is free.
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To be everywhere is to be nowhere.
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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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You act like mortals in all that you fear, and like immortals in all that you desire.
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No one can long hide behind a mask; the pretense soon lapses into the true character.
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Be silent as to services you have rendered, but speak of favours you have received.
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It is not goodness to be better than the worst.
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One of the most beautiful qualities of true friendship is to understand and to be understood.
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Often a very old man has no other proof of his long life than his age.
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Associate with people who are likely to improve you. Welcome those whom you are capable of improving. The process is a mutual one. People learn as they teach.
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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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Everyone rushes his life on, and suffers from a yearning for the future and a boredom with the present.
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Begin at once to live, and count each separate day as a separate life.
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We learn not in the school, but in life.
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The path of increase is slow, but the road to ruin is rapid.
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Most powerful is he who has himself in his own power.
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You are your choices.
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Our fears are always more numerous than our dangers.
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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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Time discovers truth. Time heals what reason cannot.
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Nothing is so bitter that a calm mind cannot find comfort in it.
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