No one can be despised by another until he has learned to despise himself.
SENECA THE YOUNGERNo man is more unhappy than he who never faces adversity. For he is not permitted to prove himself.
More Seneca the Younger Quotes
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He who dreads hostility too much is unfit to rule.
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Prosperity asks for fidelity; adversity exacts it.
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Disease is not of the body but of the place.
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Success is not greedy, as people think, but insignificant. That is why it satisfies nobody.
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Luck is preparation multiplied by opportunity.
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Death is a release from and an end of all pains.
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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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A benefit is estimated according to the mind of the giver.
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It is the sign of a weak mind to be unable to bear wealth.
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Time discovers truth.
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Religion worships God, while superstition profanes that worship.
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People do not die – they kill themselves.
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There’s one blessing only, the source and cornerstone of beatitude: confidence in self.
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Be wary of the man who urges an action in which he himself incurs no risk.
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What should a wise person do when given a blow? Same as Cato when he was attacked; not fire up or revenge the insult., or even return the blow, but simply ignore it.
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