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.
SENECA THE YOUNGERHow great would be our peril if our slaves began to number us!
More Seneca the Younger Quotes
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What progress have I made? I am beginning to be my own friend. That is progress indeed
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Luck never made a man wise.
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A person’s fears are lighter when the danger is at hand.
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Drunkenness does not create vice; it merely brings it into view.
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I am ashamed of my master and not of my servitude.
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Injustice never rules forever.
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There is more heroism in self-denial than in deeds of arms.
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Successful villany is called virtue.
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Modesty once extinguished knows not how to return.
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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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True joy is a serene and sober motion; and they are miserably out so that take laughing for rejoicing; the seat of it is within, and there is no cheerfulness like the resolutions of a brave mind.
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There’s no delight in owning anything unshared.
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He robs present ills of their power who has perceived their coming beforehand.
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In whatever direction you turn, you will see God coming to meet you; nothing is void of him, he himself fills all his work.
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Prosperity asks for fidelity; adversity exacts it.
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