Greatness stands upon a precipice, and if prosperity carries a man never so little beyond his poise, it overbears and dashes him to pieces.
SENECA THE YOUNGERGod is near you, is with you, is inside you.
More Seneca the Younger Quotes
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Time discovers truth.
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Indolence is stagnation; employment is life.
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Where fear is, happiness is not.
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Luck never made a man wise.
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Prosperity asks for fidelity; adversity exacts it.
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Difficulties strengthen the mind, as labor does the body.
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Men do not care how nobly they live, but only how long, although it is within the reach of every man to live nobly, but within no man’s power to live long.
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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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You cannot escape necessities, but you can overcome them.
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There’s no delight in owning anything unshared.
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Why do I not seek some real good; one which I could feel, not one which I could display?
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Tranqility is a certain quality of mind, which no condition or fortune can either exalt or depress.
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There is as much greatness of mind in acknowledging a good turn, as in doing it.
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If you are wise, You will mingle one thing with the other- Not hoping without doubt; Not doubting without hope.
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It is medicine, not scenery, for which a sick man must go searching.
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