Lucius Annaeus Seneca
Lucius Annaeus Seneca
Lucius Annaeus Senecawas a Roman Stoic philosopher, statesman, dramatist, and in one work humorist, of the Silver Age of Latin literature...
NationalityRoman
ProfessionStatesman
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Brave men rejoice in adversity, just as brave soldiers triumph in war.
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A gift consists not in what is done or given, but in the intention of the giver or doer.
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It is another's fault if he be ungrateful, but it is mine if I do not give. To find one thankful man, I will oblige a great many that are not so.
human opportunity
Wherever there is a human being, there is an opportunity for a kindness.
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The things hardest to bear are sweetest to remember.
fear fears lighter
A person's fears are lighter when the danger is at hand.
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It is not the man who has too little, but the man who craves more, that is poor.
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Consider, when you are enraged at any one, what you would probably think if he should die during the dispute.
You learn to know a pilot in a storm.
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Difficulties strengthen the mind, as labor does the body.
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It makes a great deal of difference whether one wills not to sin or has not the knowledge to sin.
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Be wary of the man who urges an action in which he himself incurs no risk.
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He who has great power should use it lightly.
The way is long if one follows precepts, but short... if one follows patterns.