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QUOTES BY Seneca
Famous Quotes By Seneca“ We learn not in the school, but in life. ” Seneca | Life “ To be feared is to fear: no one has been able to strike terror into others and at the same time enjoy peace of mind. ” Seneca | Wisdom “ If one does not know to which port is sailing, no wind is favorable. ” Seneca | Goals “ It is better, of cours, to know useless things than to know nothing. ” Seneca | Wisdom “ Let tears flow of their own accord: their flowing is not inconsistent with inward peace and harmony. ” Seneca | Wisdom “ I do not distinguish by the eye, but by the mind, which is the proper judge. ” Seneca | Awareness “ There is as much greatness of mind in acknowledging a good turn, as in doing it. ” Seneca | Gratitude “ Many things have fallen only to rise higher. ” Seneca | Life “ Consult your friend on all things, especially on those which respect yourself. His counsel may then be useful where your own self-love might impair your judgment. ” Seneca | Awareness “ Speech is the mirror of the mind. ” Seneca | Awareness “ It is a denial of justice not to stretch out a helping hand to the fallen; that is the common right of humanity. ” Seneca | Wisdom “ If thou live according to nature, thou wilt never be poor; if according to the opinions of the world, thou wilt never be rich. ” Seneca | Life “ The spirit in which a thing is given determines that in which the debt is acknowledged; its the intention, not the face-value of the gift, thats weighed. ” Seneca | Intentions “ It is not because things are difficult that we do not dare; it is because we do not dare that they are difficult. ” Seneca | Awareness “ Be not too hasty either with praise or blame; speak always as though you were giving evidence before the judgement-seat of the Gods. ” Seneca | Wisdom “ Men do not care how nobly they live, but only how long, although it is within the reach of every man to live nobly, but within no mans power to live long. ” Seneca | Wisdom “ It is a great thing to know the season for speech and the season for silence. ” Seneca | Wisdom “ One should count each day a separate life. ” Seneca | Life “ Wealth is the slave of a wise man. The master of a fool. ” Seneca | Wisdom “ The greatest wealth is a poverty of desires. ” Seneca | Wisdom “ It should be our care not so much to live a long life as a satisfactory one. ” Seneca | Life “ The hour which gives us life begins to take it away. ” Seneca | Birth “ All art is an imitation of nature. ” Seneca | Art “ We should every night call ourselves to an account; What infirmity have I mastered today? What passions opposed? What temptation resisted? What virtue acquired? Our vices will abort of themselves if they be brought every day to the shrift. ” Seneca | Life “ Difficulties strengthen the mind, as labour the body. ” Seneca | Wisdom “ What does reason demand of a man? A very easy thing--to live in accord with his nature. ” Seneca | Life “ To be always fortunate, and to pass through life with a soul that has never known sorrow, is to be ignorant of one half of nature. ” Seneca | Sorrow “ You can tell the character of every man when you see how he receives praise. ” Seneca | Character “ The day which we fear as our last is but the birthday of eternity ” Seneca | Birthday “ Most powerful is he who has himself in his own power. ” Seneca | Awareness “ Enjoy present pleasures in such a way as not to injure future ones. ” Seneca | Life “ It is not the man who has too little, but the man who craves more, that is poor. ” Seneca | Awareness “ The true felicity of life is to be free from anxieties and perturbations; to understand and do our duties to God and man, and to enjoy the present without any serious dependence on the future. ” Seneca | Life |
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