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Best 62 Quotes by Seneca – Page 2 of 3

“It is more civilized to make fun of life than to bewail it.”

“It is more fitting for a man to laugh at life than to lament over it.”

“It is not because things are difficult that we do not dare, it is because we do not dare that they are difficult.”

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

“It is of course better to know useless things than to know nothing.”

“It is quality rather than quantity that matters.”

“It is the mind that makes us rich; this goes with us into exile.”

“It's not that we have little time, but more that we waste a good deal of it.”

“Life is long, if you know how to use it.”

“Luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity.”

“No man is more unhappy that he who never faces adversity. For he is not permitted to prove himself.”

“No man was ever wise by chance.”

“Only time can heal what reason cannot.”

“Religion is regarded by the common people as true, by the wise as false, and by rulers as useful.”

“Show me that the good in life does not depend upon life’s length, but upon the use we make of it; also, that it is possible, or rather usual, for a man who has lived long to have lived too little.”

“The greatest wealth is a poverty of desires.”

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“The less we deserve good fortune, the more we hope for it.”

“The man who has anticipated the coming of troubles takes away their power when they arrive.”

“There is no easy way from the earth to the stars.”

“There is no genius without a touch of madness.”

“To be everywhere is to be nowhere.”

“To bear trials with a calm mind robs misfortune of its strength and burden.”

“Virtue is nothing else than right reason.”

“We learn not in the school, but in life.”

“We should love all our dear ones… but always with the thought that we have no promise that we may keep them forever—nay, no promise even that we may keep them for long.”

“Wealth is the slave of a wise man. The master of a fool.”

“What does reason demand of a man? A very easy thing--to live in accord with his nature.”

“Where fear is... happiness is not.”

“While we wait for life, life passes.”

“You act like mortals in all that you fear, and like immortals in all that you desire.”

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