No man is more unhappy than he who never faces adversity. For he is not permitted to prove himself.
SENECA THE YOUNGERHe who repents of having sinned is almost innocent.
More Seneca the Younger Quotes
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Let the weary at length possess quiet rest.
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Auditur et altera pars. (The other side shall be heard as well.)
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Associate with people who are likely to improve you.
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How much does great prosperity overspread the mind with darkness.
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Watch over yourself. Be your own accuser, then your judge; ask yourself grace sometimes, and, if there is need, impose upon yourself some pain.
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The willing, destiny guides them; the unwilling, destiny drags them.
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Ignorant people see life as either existence or non-existence, but wise men see it beyond both existence and non-existence to something that transcends them both; this is an observation of the Middle Way.
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Disease is not of the body but of the place.
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The part of life which we really live is short.
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The 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.
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Courage leads to heaven; fear leads to death.
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He robs present ills of their power who has perceived their coming beforehand.
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Luck is preparation multiplied by opportunity.
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As long as we are among humans, let us be humane.
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The fearful face usually betrays great guilt.
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