“The greatest man is he who chooses right with the most invincible resolution.”
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Famous Seneca the Younger Quotes
“The wise man lives as long as he should, not just as long as he likes.”
“A man who has taken your time recognises no debt; yet it is the one he can never repay.”
“It is not poverty that we praise, it is the man whom poverty cannot humble or bend.”
“The wise man will always reflect concerning the quality not the quantity of life.”
“The man who while he gives thinks of what he will get in return, deserves to be deceived.”
“The worst thing about getting old is evil men cease to fear you”
“No man finds it difficult to return to nature except the man who has deserted nature.”
“The bravest sight in the world is to see a great man struggling against adversity.”
“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.”
“For many men, the acquisition of wealth does not end their troubles, it only changes them.”
“Humanity is fortunate, because no man is unhappy except by his own fault.”
“Men love their country, not because it is great, but because it is their own.”
“Behold a contest worthy of a god, a brave man matched in conflict with adversity.”
“A man can refrain from wanting what he has not and cheerfully make the best of a bird in the hand.”