No man is more unhappy than he who never faces adversity. For he is not permitted to prove himself.
SENECA THE YOUNGERProsperity asks for fidelity; adversity exacts it.
More Seneca the Younger Quotes
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[During difficult times and after mistakes and failures it is helpful to remember …] Oftentimes calamity turns to our advantage and great ruins make way for greater glories.
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Time hath often cured the wound which reason failed to heal.
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Let no man give advice to others that he has not first given himself.
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A young man respects and looks up to his teachers.
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The Fates guide those who go willingly. Those who do not, they drag.
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If you will fear nothing, think that all things are to be feared.
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It is to the interest of the commonwealth of mankind that there should be someone who is unconquered, someone against whom fortune has no power.
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A great fortune is a great slavery.
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The mind unlearns with difficulty what it has long learned.
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Light cares cry out; the great ones still are dumb.
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He who has great power should use it lightly.
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Misfortune is the test of a person’s merit.
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Luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity.
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Don’t stumble over something behind you.
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The mind is never right but when it is at peace within itself.
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