It is quality rather than quantity that matters.
SENECA THE YOUNGERGreatness stands upon a precipice, and if prosperity carries a man never so little beyond his poise, it overbears and dashes him to pieces.
More Seneca the Younger Quotes
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The part of life which we really live is short.
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Slavery holds few men fast; the greater number hold fast their slavery.
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Wealth is the slave of a wise man. The master of a fool.
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One who’s our friend is fond of us; one who’s fond of us isn’t necessarily our friend.
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The greatest man is he who chooses right with the most invincible resolution.
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He who repents of having sinned is almost innocent.
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That poverty is no disaster is understood by everyone who has not yet succumbed to the madness of greed and luxury that turns everything topsy-turvy.
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No one can be despised by another until he has learned to despise himself.
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Drunkenness is simply voluntary insanity.
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In the meantime, cling tooth and nail to the following rule: not to give in to adversity, not to trust prosperity, and always take full note of fortune’s habit of behaving just as she pleases.
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The wise man will always reflect concerning the quality not the quantity of life.
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If you are wise, You will mingle one thing with the other- Not hoping without doubt; Not doubting without hope.
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Drunkenness doesn’t create vices, but it brings them to the fore.
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Life without literary studies is death.
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Not how long, but how well you have lived is the main thing.
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