Tag: Lucius Annaeus Seneca
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The heart is great which shows moderation in the midst of prosperity.
Lucius Annaeus Seneca
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Luck is a matter of preparation meeting opportunity.
Lucius Annaeus Seneca
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No one can be happy who has been thrust outside the pale of truth. And there are two ways that one can be removed from this realm: by lying, or by being lied to.
Lucius Annaeus Seneca
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The pressure of adversity does not affect the mind of the brave man… It is more powerful than external circumstances.
Lucius Annaeus Seneca
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Shun no toil to make yourself remarkable by some talent or other; yet do not devote yourself to one branch exclusively. Strive to get clear notions about all. Give up no science entirely; for science is but one.
Lucius Annaeus Seneca
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He who does not prevent a crime when he can, encourages it.
Lucius Annaeus Seneca
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That which is given with pride and ostentation is rather an ambition than a bounty.
Lucius Annaeus Seneca
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We are more often frightened than hurt; and we suffer more from imagination than from reality.
Lucius Annaeus Seneca
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It is a rough road that leads to the heights of greatness.
Lucius Annaeus Seneca
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I will govern my life and thoughts as if the whole world were to see the one and read the other, for what does it signify to make anything a secret to my neighbor, when to God, who is the searcher of our hearts, all our privacies are open?
Lucius Annaeus Seneca