You act like mortals in all that you fear, and like immortals in all that you desire.
SENECANo tree becomes rooted and sturdy unless many a wind assails it. For by its very tossing it tightens its grip and plants its roots more securely; the fragile trees are those that have grown in a sunny valley.
More Seneca Quotes
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Often a very old man has no other proof of his long life than his age.
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Begin at once to live, and count each separate day as a separate life.
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Anger, if not restrained, is frequently more hurtful to us than the injury that provokes it.
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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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It is not goodness to be better than the worst.
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Money has never yet made anyone rich.
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Fire proves gold, adversity proves men.
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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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He who spares the wicked injures the good.
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No one can long hide behind a mask; the pretense soon lapses into the true character.
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The sun also shines on the wicked.
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If we let things terrify us, life will not be worth living.
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We learn not in the school, but in life.
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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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They lose the day in expectation of the night, and the night in fear of the dawn
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