How much does great prosperity overspread the mind with darkness.
SENECA THE YOUNGERThe wise man lacked nothing but needed a great number of things, whereas the fool, on the other hand, needs nothing (for he does not know how to use anything) but lacks everything.
More Seneca the Younger Quotes
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You learn to know a pilot in a storm.
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It’s a vice to trust all, and equally a vice to trust none.
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No man is more unhappy than he who never faces adversity. For he is not permitted to prove himself.
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Our plans miscarry because they have no aim.
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It is quality rather than quantity that matters.
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The Best sign of Wisdom is the consistency between the words and deeds.
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The willing, destiny guides them; the unwilling, destiny drags them.
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Virtue needs a director and guide. Vice can be learned even without a teacher.
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I had rather never receive a kindness than never bestow one.
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Success is not greedy, as people think, but insignificant. That is why it satisfies nobody.
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A sword by itself does not slay; it is merely the weapon used by the slayer.
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Misfortune is the test of a person’s merit.
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Its harder for people to seek retirement from themselves than from the law
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Luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity.
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Our words should aim not to please, but to help.
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