Time discovers truth.
SENECA THE YOUNGERNo man is more unhappy than he who never faces adversity. For he is not permitted to prove himself.
More Seneca the Younger Quotes
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Life is long if you know how to use it.
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No choice maxims – we Stoics don’t practice that kind of window dressing.
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For many men, the acquisition of wealth does not end their troubles, it only changes them.
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The swiftness of time is infinite, as is still more evident when we look back on the past.
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There is as much greatness of mind in acknowledging a good turn, as in doing it.
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It is easier to grow in dignity than to make a start.
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So live with men as if God saw you and speak to God, as if men heard you.
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Believe me, that was a happy age, before the days of architects, before the days of builders.
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Tranqility is a certain quality of mind, which no condition or fortune can either exalt or depress.
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Choose as a guide one whom you will admire more when you see him act than when you hear him speak.
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Modesty once extinguished knows not how to return.
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We ought to take outdoor walks, to refresh and raise our spirits by deep breathing in the open air.
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Why do I not seek some real good; one which I could feel, not one which I could display?
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All my life I have been seeking to climb out of the pit of my besetting sins and I cannot do it and I never will unless a hand is let down to draw me up.
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He who dreads hostility too much is unfit to rule.
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