It does not matter how many books you have, but how good the books are which you have.
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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They lose the day in expectation of the night, and the night in fear of the dawn
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Leisure without books is death, and burial of a man alive.
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Difficulties strengthen the mind, as labor does the body.
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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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The Best sign of Wisdom is the consistency between the words and deeds.
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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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The great thing is to know when to speak and when to keep quiet.
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A man is as unhappy as he has convinced himself he is.
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Our fears are always more numerous than our dangers.
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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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As was his language so was his life.
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It is not goodness to be better than the worst.
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The thing that matters is not what you bear, but how you bear it.
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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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Life is long, if you know how to use it.
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