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Seneca Quotes

«Freedom is not being a slave to any circumstance, to any constraint, to any chance; it means compelling Fortune to enter the lists on equal terms.»
Author: Seneca | About: Freedom | Keywords: constraint, constraints
«The mind is a matter over every kind of fortune; itself acts in both ways, being the cause of its own happiness and misery.»
Author: Seneca
«Pain, scorned by yonder gout-ridden wretch, endured by yonder dyspeptic in the midst of his dainties, borne bravely by the girl in travail. Slight thou art, if I can bear thee, short thou art if I cannot bear thee!»
Author: Seneca | Keywords: dainties, dyspeptic, endured, gout, wretch, yonder
«The deferring of anger is the best antidote to anger.»
Author: Seneca | Keywords: deferring
«There is nothing which persevering effort and unceasing and diligent care cannot accomplish.»
Author: Seneca | Keywords: diligent, persevering, unceasing
«The courts of kings are full of people, but empty of friends.»
Author: Seneca | Keywords: empty of, friend of the court
«The approach of liberty makes even an old man brave.»
Author: Seneca | Keywords: old man
«When ever the speech is corrupted so is the mind.»
Author: Seneca | Keywords: corrupted
«No one is laughable who laughs at himself.»
Author: Seneca | Keywords: laughable
«Crime when it succeeds is called virtue.»
Author: Seneca | Keywords: succeeds