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Marcus Annaeus Seneca Quotes(https://friendstamilchat.in/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Ft2.gstatic.com%2Fimages%3Fq%3Dtbn%3AANd9GcS-4V0MEy9wzktzdzKQZe_WRfdT1yVVNUKllyasvTuyeCjp628Iew&hash=cca443cb806c0b59fb69f0e6b7242ddb73325fae)
A Roman rhetorician and writer, born of a wealthy equestrian family of Cordoba, Hispania. Lucius or Marcus Annaeus Seneca, known as Seneca the Elder and Seneca the Rhetorician (ca. 54 BC – ca. 39 AD), was a Roman rhetorician and writer, born of a wealthy equestrian family of Cordoba, Hispania.
Here are some famous quotes by Marcus Annaeus Seneca.
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Nothing is ours except time.
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Where fear is happiness is not.
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No man was ever wise by chance.
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For greed all nature is too little.
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All art is but imitation of nature.
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Whom they have injured they also hate.
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Greed's worst point is its ingratitude.
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A man's as miserable as he thinks he is.
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The great soul surrenders itself to fate.
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Let us be brave in the face of adversity.
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Courage leads starward fear toward death.
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Malice drinks one-half of its own poison.
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One should count each day a separate life.
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Sometimes even to live is an act of courage.
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It is not death we fear but the thought of it.
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It is not manly to turn one's back on fortune.
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When in fear it is safest to force the attack.
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Knowledge of sin is the beginning of salvation.
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Fire is the test of gold adversity of strong men.
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Courage is a scorner of things which inspire fear.
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To keep oneself safe does not mean to bury oneself.
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The wish for healing has always been half of health.
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Failure changes for the better success for the worse.
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Not he who has little but he who wishes more is poor.
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Most powerful is he who has himself in his own power.
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Fortune reveres the brave and overwhelms the cowardly.
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No man will swim ashore and take his baggage with him.
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The mind that is anxious about the future is miserable.
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Live for thy neighbor if thou wouldst live for thyself.
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It is for the superfluous things of life that men sweat.
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If we let things terrify us life will not be worth living.
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It is a rough road that leads to the heights of greatness.
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Let us train our minds to desire what the situation demands.
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If God adds another day to our life let us receive it gladly.
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A happy life is one which is in accordance with its own nature.
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Add each day something to fortify you against poverty and death.
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Brave men rejoice in adversity just as brave soldiers triumph in war.
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The heart is great which shows moderation in the midst of prosperity.
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If you wish to fear nothing consider that everything is to be feared.
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Wherever there is a human being there is an opportunity for a kindness.
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He who looks for advantage out of friendship strips it all of its nobility.
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There is nothing so bitter that a patient mind cannot find some solace for it.
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He who receives a benefit with gratitude repays the first installment on his debt.
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What you think about yourself is much more important than what others think of you.
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One who's our friend is fond of us; one who's fond of us isn't necessarily our friend.
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There's one blessing only the source and cornerstone of beatitude: confidence in self.
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There's some end at last for the man who follows a path; mere rambling is interminable.
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For the great benefits of our being- our life health and reason-we look upon ourselves.
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A gift consists not in what is done or given but in the intention of the giver or doer.
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Success is not greedy as people think but insignificant. That's why it satisfies nobody.
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For many men the acquisition of wealth does not end their troubles it only changes them.
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What does reason demand of a man? A very easy thing-to live in accord with his own nature.
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Anger if not restrained is frequently more hurtful to us than the injury that provokes it.
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Unhappy is the man though he rule the world who doesn't consider himself supremely blessed.
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We are more often frightened than hurt; and we suffer more from imagination than from reality.
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A man can refrain from wanting what he has not and cheerfully make the best of a bird in the hand.
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There is nothing in the world so much admired as a man who knows how to bear unhappiness with courage.
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What is the proper limit for wealth? It is first to have what is necessary; and second to have what is enough.
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No evil is without its compensation ... it is not the loss itself but the estimate of the loss that troubles us.
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It is not because things are difficult that we do not dare it is because we do not dare that they are difficult.
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The conditions of conquest are always easy. We have but to toil awhile endure awhile believe always and never turn back.
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The good things that belong to prosperity are to be wished but the good things that belong to adversity are to be admired.
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What must be shall be; and that which is a necessity to him that struggles is little more than choice to him that is willing.
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Our plans miscarry because they have no aim. When a man does not know what harbor he is making for no wind is the right wind.
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There is nothing so wretched or foolish as to anticipate misfortunes. What madness is it in expecting evil before it arrives?
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No man can live happily who regards himself alone who turns everything to his own advantage. Thou must live for another if thou wishest to live for thyself.
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We should every night call ourselves to an account: What infirmity have I mastered today? What passions opposed! What temptation resisted? What virtue acquired?
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We can be thankful to a friend for a few acres or a little money; and yet for the freedom and command of the whole earth and for the great benefits of our being our life health and reason we look upon ourselves as under no obligation.