Most powerful is he who has himself in his own power.
SENECAWe suffer more in imagination than in reality.
More Seneca Quotes
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To govern was to serve, not to rule.
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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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As was his language so was his life.
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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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Great men rejoice in adversity, just as brave soldiers triumph in war.
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It is never too late to learn what is always necessary to know.
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Speech is the mirror of the mind.
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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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There is no genius without a touch of madness.
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No one can keep a mask on long.
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Retire into yourself as much as possible.
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Sometimes even to live is an act of courage.
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The greatest loss of time is delay and expectation, which depend upon the future.
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It is more fitting for a man to laugh at life than to lament over 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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