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Famous Seneca the Younger Quotes
“To the believers it is true. To the wise it is false. To the leaders it is useful.”
“The Fates guide those who go willingly. Those who do not, they drag.”
“If one does not know to which port one is sailing, no wind is favourable.”
“The swiftness of time is infinite, as is still more evident when we look back on the past.”
“Wherever there is a human being, there is an opportunity for a kindness.”
“It is a rough road that leads to the heights of greatness.”
“If you don't know what port you are sailing to, no wind is favourable.”
“Great men rejoice in adversity, just as brave soldiers triumph in war.”
“If thou art a man, admire those who attempt great things, even though they fail.”
“It is more fitting for a man to laugh at life than to lament over it.”
“True happiness is...to enjoy the present, without anxious dependence upon the future.”
“There is as much greatness of mind in acknowledging a good turn, as in doing it.”
“The mind that is anxious about future events is miserable.”
“You can tell the character of every man when you see how he receives praise.”
“Everything is the product of one universal creative effort. There is nothing dead in Nature.”
“What-so-ever the mind has ordained for itself, it has achieved”
“To want simply what is enough nowadays suggests to people primitiveness and squalor.”
“You need a change of soul rather than a change of climate.”
“The mind is never right but when it is at peace within itself.”