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Greatness stands upon a precipice, and if prosperity carries a man never so little beyond his poise, it overbears and dashes him to pieces.
Seneca the Younger
Cling tooth and nail to the following rule: Not to give in to adversity, never to trust prosperity, and always to take full note of fortune's habit of behaving just as she pleases, treating her as if she were actually going to do everything it is in her power to do. Whatever you have been expecting for some time comes as less of a shock.
Seneca the Younger
He who boasts of his descent, praises the deed of another.
Seneca the Younger
The stomach begs and clamors, and listens to no precepts. And yet it is not an obdurate creditor for it is dismissed with small payment if you give it only what you owe, and not as much as you can.
Seneca the Younger
To be everywhere is to be nowhere.
Seneca the Younger
Our fears vanish as the danger approaches.
Seneca the Younger
A coward calls himself cautious, a miser thrifty.
Seneca the Younger
The things that are essential are acquired with little bother it is the luxuries that call for toil and effort.
Seneca the Younger
The worst evil of all is to leave the ranks of the living before one dies.
Seneca the Younger
This life is only a prelude to eternity.
Seneca the Younger
It is not goodness to be better than the worst.
Seneca the Younger
The deep waters of time will flow over us: only a few men of genius will lift a head above the surface, and though doomed eventually to pass into the same silence, will fight against oblivion and for a long time hold their own.
Seneca the Younger
Fire proves gold, adversity proves men.
Seneca the Younger
You need a change of soul rather than a change of climate.
Seneca the Younger
The language of truth is unvarnished enough.
Seneca the Younger
If virtue precede us every step will be safe.
Seneca the Younger
The man who does something under orders is not unhappy he is unhappy who does something against his will.
Seneca the Younger
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.
Seneca the Younger
Lay hold of today's task, and you will not depend so much upon tomorrow's.
Seneca the Younger
Friendship always benefits love sometimes injures.
Seneca the Younger
