Seneca
Seneca
ashamed causes either following man results sadness success
Sadness usually results from one of the following causes either when a man does not succeed, or is ashamed of his success
debt man recognizes repay taken time
A man who has taken your time recognizes no debt; yet it is the one he can never repay
manner poverty-and-the-poor
There is a noble manner of being poor, and who does not know it will never be rich.
enjoys man quit taste willing
No man enjoys the true taste of life, but he who is ready and willing to quit it.
man suffering
A man who suffers before it is necessary, suffers more than is necessary.
large mankind sin
A large part of mankind is angry not with the sins, but with the sinners.
admired courage man
There is nothing in the world so much admired as a man who knows how to bear unhappiness with courage.
contentment deprived endure endured happy highest lowest man misfortune
Happy the man who can endure the highest and the lowest fortune. He, who has endured such vicissitudes with equanimity, has deprived misfortune of its power.
amuse anxious blessings content dependence either enjoy fears great happiness hopes mankind ourselves rest satisfied true wants whatever wise wishing within
True happiness is to enjoy the present, without anxious dependence upon the future, not to amuse ourselves with either hopes or fears but to rest satisfied with what we have, which is sufficient, for he that is so wants nothing. The great blessings of mankind are within us and within our reach. A wise man is content with his lot, whatever it may be, without wishing for what he has not.
favorable man port wind
If a man does not know what port he is steering for, no wind is favorable to him.
age age-and-aging despicable lived man offer proof
There is nothing more despicable than an old man who has no other proof than his age to offer of his having lived long in the world.
man
Every man prefers belief to the exercise of judgment.
approach liberty man
The approach of liberty makes even an old man brave.
lament laughter life man
It is more fitting for a man to laugh at life than to lament over it.