Seneca

(20 votes)   If thou art a man, admire those who attempt great things, even though they fail.

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4 B.C. – 65 A.D., Spanish-born Roman Statesman, philosopher

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(499 votes)   True happiness is to enjoy the present, without anxious dependence upon the future, not to amuse ourselves with either hopes or fears but to rest satisfied with what we have, which is sufficient, for he that is so wants nothing. The great blessings of mankind are within us and within our reach. A wise man is content with his lot, whatever it may be, without wishing for what he has not.

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4 B.C. – 65 A.D., Spanish-born Roman Statesman, philosopher

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(439 votes)   Fire is the test of gold; adversity, of strong men.

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4 B.C. – 65 A.D., Spanish-born Roman Statesman, philosopher

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(432 votes)   It is not the man who has too little, but the man who craves more, that is poor.

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4 B.C. – 65 A.D., Spanish-born Roman Statesman, philosopher

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(425 votes)   It is the constant fault and inseparable evil quality of ambition, that it never looks behind it.

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4 B.C. – 65 A.D., Spanish-born Roman Statesman, philosopher

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(425 votes)   Who can hope for nothing, should despair for nothing.

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4 B.C. – 65 A.D., Spanish-born Roman Statesman, philosopher

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(423 votes)   Anger is like those ruins which smash themselves on what they fall.

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4 B.C. – 65 A.D., Spanish-born Roman Statesman, philosopher

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(419 votes)   Brave men rejoice in adversity, just as brave soldiers triumph in war.

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4 B.C. – 65 A.D., Spanish-born Roman Statesman, philosopher

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(412 votes)   Fidelity purchased with money, money can destroy.

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4 B.C. – 65 A.D., Spanish-born Roman Statesman, philosopher

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(405 votes)   If you wished to be loved, love.

Lucius Annaeus Seneca

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(388 votes)   No untroubled day has ever dawned for me.

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4 B.C. – 65 A.D., Spanish-born Roman Statesman, philosopher

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(387 votes)   Light troubles speak; the weighty are struck dumb.

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(335 votes)   Nothing is so wretched or foolish as to anticipate misfortunes. What madness is it to be expecting evil before it comes.

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4 B.C. – 65 A.D., Spanish-born Roman Statesman, philosopher

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(306 votes)   No one is better born than another, unless they are born with better abilities and a more amiable disposition.

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4 B.C. – 65 A.D., Spanish-born Roman Statesman, philosopher

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(300 votes)   It's the admirer and the watcher who provoke us to all the inanities we commit.

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4 B.C. – 65 A.D., Spanish-born Roman Statesman, philosopher

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