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Quotes by Seneca

“Theres one blessing only, the source and cornerstone of beatitude -- confidence in self.”

Seneca

“Let tears flow of their own accord: their flowing is not inconsistent with inward peace and harmony.”

Seneca

“This is the reason we cannot complain of life:it keeps no one against his will”

Seneca

“There are more things to alarm us than to harm us, and we suffer more often in apprehension than reality.”

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“We are more often frightened than hurt; and we suffer more from imagination than from reality.”

Seneca

“A mans as miserable as he thinks he is.”

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“Why does no one confess his sins? Because he is yet in them. It is for a man who has awoke from sleep to tell his dreams”

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“Whatever one of us blames in another, each one will find in his own heart.”

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“Enjoy present pleasures in such a way as not to injure future ones.”

Seneca

“The language of truth is simple”

Seneca

“It is not the man who has too little, but the man who craves more, that is poor.”

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“The beginnings and endings of all human undertakings are untidy.”

Seneca

“He who chooses the beginning of the road chooses the place it leads to. It is the means that determines the end.”

Seneca

“From small beginnings come great things.”

Seneca

“Everything must have a beginning.”

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“A journey of a thousand miles must begin with a single step.”

Seneca

“Success consists of getting up just one more time than you fall.”

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“The heart is great which shows moderation in the midst of prosperity.”

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“While we are postponing, life speeds by.”

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“There is no delight in owning anything unshared.”

Seneca