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 YOUNGERFate leads the willing, and drags along the reluctant.
More Seneca the Younger Quotes
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A great step towards independence is a good-humored stomach, one that is willing to endure rough treatment.
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We become wiser by adversity; prosperity destroys our appreciation of the right.” “True happiness is … to enjoy the present” “It is not because things are difficult that we do not dare; it is because we do not dare that they are difficult.
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Genius always gives its best at first; prudence, at last.
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The person you are matters more than the place to which you go.
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There is nothing more miserable and foolish than anticipation.
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The expression of truth is simplicity.
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He who receives a benefit with gratitude, repays the first installment of it.
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What others think of us would be of little moment did it not, when known, so deeply tinge what we think of ourselves.
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We are taught for the schoolroom, not for life.
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If you wish to be loved, love.
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It’s not that we have a short time to live, but that we waste a lot of it.
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People do not die – they kill themselves.
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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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No one can be despised by another until he has learned to despise himself.
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The language of truth is unvarnished enough.
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