Misfortune is the test of a person’s merit.
SENECA THE YOUNGERA sword by itself does not slay; it is merely the weapon used by the slayer.
More Seneca the Younger Quotes
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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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There’s no delight in owning anything unshared.
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To be always fortunate, and to pass through life with a soul that has never known sorrow, is to be ignorant of one half of nature.
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Epileptics know by signs when attacks are imminent and take precautions accordingly; we must do the same in regard to anger
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Let no man give advice to others that he has not first given himself.
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He who has great power should use it lightly.
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Every new beginning comes from some other beginning’s end.
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Injustice never rules forever.
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There is nothing wrong with changing a plan when the situation has changed.
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It’s unknown the place and uncertain the time where death awaits you; thus you must expect death to find you, every time, at every place.
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Behold a contest worthy of a god, a brave man matched in conflict with adversity.
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What view is one likely to take of the state of a person’s mind when his speech is wild and incoherent and knows no constraint?
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Why do people not confess vices? It is because they have not yet laid them aside. It is a waking person only who can tell their dreams.
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The sun shines even on the wicked.
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The road by precepts is tedious, by example, short and efficacious.
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