Men do not care how nobly they live, but only how long, although it is within the reach of every man to live nobly, but within no man's power to live long. -Seneca

 

Men do not care how nobly they live, but only how long, although it is within the reach of every man to live nobly, but within no man's power to live long.


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This quote is just one of 103 total Seneca quotes in our collection. Seneca is known for saying 'Men do not care how nobly they live, but only how long, although it is within the reach of every man to live nobly, but within no man's power to live long.' as well as some of the following quotes.

If one does not know to which port one is sailing, no wind is favorable.

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

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We should every night call ourselves to an account; What infirmity have I mastered today? What passions opposed? What temptation resisted? What virtue acquired? Our vices will abort of themselves if they be brought every day to the shrift.

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Most powerful is he who has himself in his own power.

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No one can wear a mask for very long.

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