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Seneca The Younger Inspirational Quotes (668)

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Many person might have achieved wisdom had they not supposed that they already possessed it.
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As the soil, however rich it may be, cannot be productive without cultivation, so the mind without culture can never produce good fruit
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The approach of liberty makes even an old man brave.
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Religion is regarded by the common people as true, by the wise as false, and by rulers as useful.
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In a moment the ashes are made, but a forest is a long time growing.
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Life is divided into three periods: that which has been, that which is, that which will be. Of these the present is short, the future is doubtful, the past is certain.
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[During difficult times and after mistakes and failures it is helpful to remember ...] Oftentimes calamity turns to our advantage and great ruins make way for greater glories.
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Men practice war beasts do not.
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The mind that is anxious about future events is miserable.
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Those griefs burn most which gall in secret.
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Adversity finds at last the man whom she has often passed by.
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Take away ambition and vanity, and where will be your heroes and patriots?
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To be everywhere is to be nowhere.
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Let us say what we feel, and feel what we say let speech harmonize with life.
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If you are wise, You will mingle one thing with the other- Not hoping without doubt Not doubting without hope.
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He, who decides a case without hearing the other side, though he decides justly, cannot be considered just.
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Everything that exceeds the bounds of moderation has an unstable foundation.
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Be harsh with yourself at times.
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He who receives a benefit with gratitude, repays the first installment of it.
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It does not matter how many books you have, but how good the books are which you have.
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No one can be despised by another until he has learned to despise himself.
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Just as so many rivers, so many showers of rain from above, so many medicinal springs do not alter the taste of the sea, so the pressure of adversity does not affect the mind of the brave man. For it maintains its balance, and over all that happens it throws its own complexion, because it is more powerful than external circumstances.
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Luck is preparation multiplied by opportunity.
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A physician is not angry at the intemperance of a mad patient, nor does he take it ill to be railed at by a man in fever. Just so should a wise man treat all mankind, as a physician does his patient, and look upon them only as sick and extravagant.
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