Seneca quotes

It is better, of course, to know useless things than to know nothing. (Seneca)
The language of truth is simple. View quote
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We often want one thing and pray for another, not telling the truth even to the gods. View quote
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Bear with dignity what you cannot change. View quote
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He that does good to another does good also to himself. View quote
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The greatest remedy for anger is delay. View quote
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If one does not know to which port one is sailing, no wind is favorable. View quote
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Difficulties strengthen the mind, as labor does the body. View quote
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If you wished to be loved, love. View quote
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Associate with people who are likely to improve you. View quote
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It is a rough road that leads to the heights of greatness. (Seneca)
A large part of mankind is angry not with the sins, but with the sinners. View quote
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A great fortune is a great slavery. View quote
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Most powerful is he who has himself in his own power. View quote
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No one loves his country for its size or eminence, but because it's his own. View quote
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All art is an imitation of nature. View quote
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Not he who has little, but he whose wishes more, is poor. View quote
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Begin at once to live, and count each separate day as a separate life. View quote
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There is no great genius without some touch of madness. View quote
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Everywhere is nowhere. When a person spends all his time in foreign travel, he ends by having many acquaintances, but no friends. View quote
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Do not ask for what you will wish you had not got. (Seneca)
It is quality rather than quantity that matters. View quote
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You can tell the character of every man when you see how he receives praise. View quote
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A man is as unhappy as he has convinced himself he is. View quote
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Friendship always benefits love sometimes injures. View quote
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