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Famous Seneca the Elder Quotes
“Know this, that he that is a friend to himself, is a friend to all men.”
“He who looks for advantage out of friendship strips it all of its nobility.”
“Add each day something to fortify you against poverty and death.”
“If you wish to fear nothing, consider that everything is to be feared.”
“For the great benefits of our being- our life, health, and reason-we look upon ourselves.”
“A happy life is one which is in accordance with its own nature.”
“What you think about yourself is much more important than what others think of you.”
“We are more often frightened than hurt; and we suffer more from imagination than from reality.”
“A quarrel is quickly settled when deserted by one party; there is no battle unless there be two.”
“The courts of kings are full of people, but empty of friends.”
“No evil propensity of the human heart is so powerful that it may not be subdued by discipline.”
“There's some end at last for the man who follows a path; mere rambling is interminable.”
“Let us train our minds to desire what the situation demands.”
“I shall never be ashamed of citing a bad author if the line is good.”
“If a man does not know what port he is steering for, no wind is favorable to him.”
“The road to learning by precept is long, but by example short and effective.”
“Unhappy is the man, though he rule the world, who doesn't consider himself supremely blessed.”
“It is wrong not to give a hand to the fallen. This right is common to the whole human race.”
“It is a great thing to know the season for speech and the season for silence.”