Quotes by Lucius Annaeus Seneca
The primary sign of a well-ordered mind is a man's ability to remain in one place and linger in his own company.
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Precepts or maxims are of great weight; and a few useful ones at hand do more toward a happy life than whole volumes that we know not where to find.
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Things that were hard to bear are sweet to remember.
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Wherever there is a human being, there is an opportunity for a kindness.
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No man was ever wise by chance.
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A man's as miserable as he thinks he is.
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Failure changes for the better, success for the worse.
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With nothing can one approach a work of art so little as with critical words: they always come down to more or less happy misunderstandings.
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We should give as we would receive, cheerfully, quickly, and without hesitation; for there is no grace in a benefit that sticks to the fingers.
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Luck never made a man wise.
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An action will not be right unless the will be right for from thence is the action derived. Again, the will will not be right unless the disposition of the mind be right for from thence comes the will.
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Thrift comes too late when you find it at the bottom of your purse.
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For many men, the acquisition of wealth does not end their troubles, it only changes them.
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There is no great genius without some touch of madness.
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Men love their country, not because it is great, but because it is their own.
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When a man does not know what harbor he is making for, no wind is the right wind.
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Life, if well lived, is long enough.
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Most powerful is he who has himself in his own power.
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It is not the man who has little, but he who desires more, that is poor.
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Religion is regarded by the common people as true, by the wise as false, and by the rulers as useful.
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