“To the believers it is true. To the wise it is false. To the leaders it is useful.”
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Famous Seneca the Younger Quotes
“The wise man lives as long as he should, not just as long as he likes.”
“The wise man will always reflect concerning the quality not the quantity of life.”
“If one does not know to which port one is sailing, no wind is favourable.”
“Religion is regarded by the common people as true, by the wise as false, and by rulers as useful.”
“What need is there to weep over parts of life? The whole of it calls for tears.”
“The mind unlearns with difficulty what it has long learned.”
“He who seeks wisdom is a wise man; he who thinks he has found it is mad.”
“The first proof of a well-ordered mind is to be able to pause and linger within itself.”