Misfortune is the test of a person’s merit.
SENECA THE YOUNGERThat day which you fear as being the end of all things is the birthday of your eternity.
More Seneca the Younger Quotes
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He that lays down precepts for the governing of our lives, and moderating our passions, obliges humanity not only in the present, but in all future generations.
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Who timidly requests invites refusal.
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What was hard to suffer is sweet to remember.
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Human society is like an arch, kept from falling by the mutual pressure of its parts
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To the believers it is true. To the wise it is false. To the leaders it is useful.
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The man who while he gives thinks of what he will get in return, deserves to be deceived.
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A person’s fears are lighter when the danger is at hand.
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Even after a bad harvest there must be sowing.
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If you will fear nothing, think that all things are to be feared.
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Let the weary at length possess quiet rest.
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The part of life which we really live is short.
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If you judge, investigate.
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How much does great prosperity overspread the mind with darkness.
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Epicurus says, “gratitude is a virtue that has commonly profit annexed to it.” And where is the virtue that has not? But still the virtue is to be valued for itself, and not for the profit that attends it.
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I am ashamed of my master and not of my servitude.
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