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Seneca Quotes

«There is nothing so wretched or foolish as to anticipate misfortune»
Author: Seneca | Keywords: anticipate, misfortune, wretched
«Laws do not persuade because they threaten»
Author: Seneca | About: Justice, Law and lawyers | Keywords: persuade, threaten
«The key to getting everything you want is to never put all your begs in one ask-it!»
«The first step towards amendment is the recognition of error.»
Author: Seneca
«Happy the man who can endure the highest and the lowest fortune. He, who has endured such vicissitudes with equanimity, has deprived misfortune of its power.»
«Drunkenness does not create vice; it merely brings it into view»
Author: Seneca | Keywords: drunkenness
«The greater part of progress is the desire for progress»
Author: Seneca | About: Progress
«Wherever there is a human being, there is an opportunity for kindness.»
Author: Seneca | Keywords: wherever
«If a man knows not what harbor he seeks, any wind is the right wind.»
Author: Seneca | Keywords: harbor
«To be always fortunate, and to pass through life with a soul that has never known sorrow, is to be ignorant of one half of nature.»
Author: Seneca