Luck never made a man wise.
SENECA THE YOUNGERLuck never made a man wise.
SENECA THE YOUNGERMisfortune is the test of a person’s merit.
SENECA THE YOUNGERThe language of truth is unvarnished enough.
SENECA THE YOUNGEREvery new beginning comes from some other beginning’s end.
SENECA THE YOUNGERNo choice maxims – we Stoics don’t practice that kind of window dressing.
SENECA THE YOUNGEROf war men ask the outcome, not the cause.
SENECA THE YOUNGERIt is safer to offend certain men than it is to oblige them; for as proof that they owe nothing they seek recourse in hatred.
SENECA THE YOUNGERIt’s not that we have a short time to live, but that we waste a lot of it.
SENECA THE YOUNGERIf you are wise, You will mingle one thing with the other- Not hoping without doubt; Not doubting without hope.
SENECA THE YOUNGERThat day which you fear as being the end of all things is the birthday of your eternity.
SENECA THE YOUNGERTo forgive all is as inhuman as to forgive none
SENECA THE YOUNGERLuck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity.
SENECA THE YOUNGERFor men in a state of freedom had thatch for their shelter, while slavery dwells beneath marble and gold.
SENECA THE YOUNGERHardly a man will you find who could live with his door open.
SENECA THE YOUNGERHow much does great prosperity overspread the mind with darkness.
SENECA THE YOUNGERPhilosophy does not regard pedigree, she received Plato not as a noble, but she made him one.
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