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Misfortune is the test of a person's merit.

Misfortune is the test of a person's merit.

Seneca the Younger
Adversity, Tests, Merit

Many person might have achieved wisdom had they not supposed that they already possessed it.

Seneca the Younger
Might, Persons, Possessed

The wise man will always reflect concerning the quality not the quantity of life.

Seneca the Younger
Wise, Men, Quality

Luck is preparation multiplied by opportunity.

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Opportunity, Preparation, Luck

He who is brave is free.

Seneca the Younger
Freedom, Reality, Bravery
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He is a king who fears nothing, he is a king who desires nothing!

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Kings, Fear, Desire

The rust of the mind is the destruction of genius.

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Mind, Genius, Rust

Life without the courage to die is slavery.

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Slavery, Dies

We often want one thing and pray for another, not telling the truth even to the gods.

Seneca the Younger
God, Truth, Want
"Moral Letters to Lucilius (Letter XCV)". Book by Seneca the Younger, 1925.

The Best sign of Wisdom is the consistency between the words and deeds.

Seneca the Younger
Consistency, Deeds

For many men, the acquisition of wealth does not end their troubles, it only changes them.

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Life, Happiness, Money
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We should every night call ourselves to an account: What infirmity have I mastered today? What passions opposed? What temptation resisted? What virtue acquired? Our vices will abate of themselves if they be brought every day to the shrift.

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Passion, Character, Night
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Humanity is fortunate, because no man is unhappy except by his own fault.

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Happiness, Men, Humanity

He, who decides a case without hearing the other side, though he decides justly, cannot be considered just.

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Justice, Hearing, Sides

There is no easy way from the earth to the stars.

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Stars, Latin, History

We are always complaining that our days are few, and acting as though there would be no end to them.

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Life, Motivational, Procrastination

The heart is great which shows moderation in the midst of prosperity.

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Philosophical, Heart, Prosperity
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The true felicity of life is to be free from anxieties and pertubations; to understand and do our duties to God and man, and to enjoy the present without any serious dependence on the future.

Seneca the Younger
Life, Happiness, Future

To forgive all is as inhuman as to forgive none

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Forgiveness, Forgiving, Inhuman

The greatest wealth is a poverty of desires.

Seneca the Younger
Spiritual, Greatest Wealth, Simplicity

We learn not in the school, but in life.

Seneca the Younger
Life, Learning, School

Drunkenness is nothing but voluntary madness.

Seneca the Younger
Drinking, Alcohol, Liquor Funny
"Moral Letters to Lucilius (Letter LXXXIII)". Book by Seneca the Younger, 1920.

Wisdom comes to no one by chance.

Seneca the Younger
Wisdom, Chance

Demand not that I am the equal of the greatest, only that I am better than the wicked.

Seneca the Younger
Wicked, Demand, Equal

Nothing is so wretched or foolish as to anticipate misfortunes. What madness it is to be expecting evil before it comes.

Seneca the Younger
Evil, Worry, Anticipation

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