In the meantime, cling tooth and nail to the following rule: not to give in to adversity, not to trust prosperity, and always take full note of fortune’s habit of behaving just as she pleases.
SENECA THE YOUNGERThe wise man lacked nothing but needed a great number of things, whereas the fool, on the other hand, needs nothing (for he does not know how to use anything) but lacks everything.
More Seneca the Younger Quotes
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The language of truth is unvarnished enough.
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Who shrinks from knowledge of his calamities but aggravates his fear; troubles half seen, shall torture all the more.
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The most imperious masters over their own servants are at the same time the most abject slaves to the servants of others.
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He who has made a fair compact with poverty is rich.
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Time hath often cured the wound which reason failed to heal.
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Not how long, but how well you have lived is the main thing.
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There is no greater punishment of wickedness that that it is dissatisfied with itself and its deeds.
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Injustice never rules forever.
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You learn to know a pilot in a storm.
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Associate with people who are likely to improve you.
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We are taught for the schoolroom, not for life.
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Nobody becomes guilty by fate.
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It’s a vice to trust all, and equally a vice to trust none.
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Whatever we owe, it is our part to find where to pay it, and to do it without asking, too; for whether the creditor be good or bad, the debt is still the same.
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Light is that grief which counsel can allay.
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