We become wiser by adversity; prosperity destroys our appreciation of the right.” “True happiness is … to enjoy the present” “It is not because things are difficult that we do not dare; it is because we do not dare that they are difficult.
SENECA THE YOUNGERLuck never made a man wise.
More Seneca the Younger Quotes
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I was not born for one corner. The whole world is my native land.
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The greatest man is he who chooses right with the most invincible resolution.
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Our plans miscarry because they have no aim.
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Life without literary studies is death.
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You can only acquire it successfully if you cease to feel any sense of shame.
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To be feared is to fear. No one has been able to strike terror into others and at the same time enjoy peace of mind.
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Desultory reading is delightful, but to be beneficial, our reading must be carefully directed.
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True happiness is…to enjoy the present, without anxious dependence upon the future.
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There has not been any great talent without an element of madness. -Nullum magnum ingenium sine mixtura dementiae fuit
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I am like a book, with pages that have stuck together for want of use: my mind needs unpacking and the truths stored within must be turned over from time to time, to be ready when occasion demands.
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The language of truth is unvarnished enough.
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Unblest is he who thinks himself unblest.
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In every good man a God doth dwell.
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To forgive all is as inhuman as to forgive none
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It is quality rather than quantity that matters.
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