No man is more unhappy than he who never faces adversity. For he is not permitted to prove himself.
SENECA THE YOUNGERIndolence is stagnation; employment is life.
More Seneca the Younger Quotes
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There is none made so great, but he may both need the help and service, and stand in fear of the power and unkindness, even of the meanest of mortals.
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It is medicine, not scenery, for which a sick man must go searching.
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A thousand approaches lie open to death.
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The wise man will always reflect concerning the quality not the quantity of life.
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Misfortune is the test of a person’s merit.
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Dangerous is wrath concealed. Hatred proclaimed doth lose its chance of wreaking vengeance.
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Whatever begins, also ends.
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Not how long, but how well you have lived is the main thing.
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It is expedient for the victor to wish for peace restored; for the vanquished it is necessary.
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If you will fear nothing, think that all things are to be feared.
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It is by the benefit of letters that absent friends are in a manner brought together.
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Begin at once to live, and count each day as a separate life.
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What you do for an ungrateful man is thrown away.
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Even after a bad harvest there must be sowing.
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Death is a release from and an end of all pains.
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