Fire proves gold, adversity proves men.
SENECAEnjoy present pleasures in such a way as not to injure future ones.
More Seneca Quotes
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Don’t stumble over something behind you.
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They lose the day in expectation of the night, and the night in fear of the dawn
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Leisure without books is death, and burial of a man alive.
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He who asks with timidity invites a refusal.
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All cruelty springs from weakness.
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Be silent as to services you have rendered, but speak of favours you have received.
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Money has never yet made anyone rich.
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No man is free who is a slave to the flesh.
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Wealth is the slave of a wise man. The master of a fool.
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Begin at once to live, and count each separate day as a separate life.
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Laugh at your problems; everybody else does.
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The sun also shines on the wicked.
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Religion is regarded by the common people as true, by the wise as false, and by rulers as useful.
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It is not because things are difficult that we do not dare; it is because we do not dare that things are difficult.
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Great men rejoice in adversity, just as brave soldiers triumph in war.
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