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verifiedBegin at once to live, and count each separate day as a separate life.SenecaLetters to Lucilius, CI verifiedOur lack of confidence is not the result of difficulty; the difficulty comes from our lack of confidence.SenecaLetters to Lucilius, CIV (Richard M. Gummere translation, 1925)verifiedWhile we are postponing, life speeds by.SenecaLetters to Lucilius, I verifiedNowhere is he who is everywhere.SenecaLetters to Lucilius, II verifiedTo be everywhere is to be nowhere.SenecaLetters to Lucilius, II verifiedPonder for a long time whether you shall admit a given person to your friendship; but when you have decided to admit him, welcome him with all your heart and soul.SenecaLetters to Lucilius, III verifiedWhen a man does not know what harbour he is making for, no wind is the right wind.SenecaLetters to Lucilius, LXXI (Richard M. Gummere translation, 1920)verifiedAs long as you live, keep learning how to live.SenecaLetters to Lucilius, LXXVI verifiedNo good thing is pleasant to possess without friends to share it.SenecaLetters to Lucilius, VI verifiedMen learn while they teach.SenecaLetters to Lucilius, VII verifiedWithdraw into yourself as much as you can.SenecaLetters to Lucilius, VII verifiedI do not obey God, I agree with him.SenecaLetters to Lucilius, XCVI verifiedCherish some man of high character, and keep him ever before your eyes, living as if he were watching you.SenecaLetters to Lucilius, XI verifiedThere are more things likely to frighten us than there are to crush us; we suffer more often in imagination than in reality.SenecaLetters to Lucilius, XIII verifiedWe suffer more often in imagination than in reality.SenecaLetters to Lucilius, XIII verifiedTreat your inferiors as you would be treated by your betters.SenecaLetters to Lucilius, XLVII verifiedHe who receives a benefit with gratitude repays the first instalment of it.SenecaOn Benefits, II.22 verifiedFire is the test of gold; adversity, of strong men.SenecaOn Providence, V

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