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Adversity2 quotes
A great pilot can sail even when his canvas is rent. — Seneca · 65Fire is the test of gold; adversity, of strong men. — Seneca · 64Life and death2 quotes
The hour which gives us life begins to take it away. — Seneca · 65Eternal law has arranged nothing better than this, that it has given us one way in to life, but many ways out. — Seneca · 65Materialism2 quotes
It is not the man who has too little, but the man who craves more, that is poor. — Seneca · 65No person has the power to have everything they want, but it is in their power not to want what they don’t have, and to cheerfully put to good use what they do have. — Seneca · 65Overcoming adversity2 quotes
It is the power of the mind to be unconquerable. — Seneca · 58A great pilot can sail even when his canvas is rent. — Seneca · 65Acquisitiveness1 quote
It is not the man who has too little, but the man who craves more, that is poor. — Seneca · 65Adaptability1 quote
A great step towards independence is a good humored stomach, one that is willing to endure rough treatment. — Seneca · 65Aimlessness1 quote
If a person knows not to which port he sails, no wind is favorable. — Seneca · 65Anti-war1 quote
We are mad, not only individually, but nationally. We check manslaughter and isolated murders; but what of war and the much vaunted crime of slaughtering whole peoples? — Seneca · 65Art1 quote
All art is but imitation of nature. — Seneca · 65Attachment (Buddhism)1 quote
It is not the man who has too little, but the man who craves more, that is poor. — Seneca · 65Birth1 quote
The hour which gives us life begins to take it away. — Seneca · 65Character1 quote
You can tell the character of every man when you see how he receives praise. — Seneca · 65Compliments1 quote
You can tell the character of every man when you see how he receives praise. — Seneca · 65Desire1 quote
It is not the man who has too little, but the man who craves more, that is poor. — Seneca · 65Downsides of wealth1 quote
A great fortune is a great slavery. — Seneca · 44Free will1 quote
It is the power of the mind to be unconquerable. — Seneca · 58Genius1 quote
There is no great genius without some touch of madness. — Aristotle · 60Genius and insanity1 quote
There is no great genius without some touch of madness. — Aristotle · 60Genocide1 quote
We are mad, not only individually, but nationally. We check manslaughter and isolated murders; but what of war and the much vaunted crime of slaughtering whole peoples? — Seneca · 65Goals1 quote
If a person knows not to which port he sails, no wind is favorable. — Seneca · 65Hate1 quote
Whom they have injured they also hate. — Seneca · 45Ideas1 quote
The best ideas are common property. — Seneca · 65Ignorance1 quote
It is better, of course, to know useless things than to know nothing. — Seneca · 65Inner strength1 quote
It is the power of the mind to be unconquerable. — Seneca · 58Insanity1 quote
There is no great genius without some touch of madness. — Aristotle · 60Intellectual property1 quote
The best ideas are common property. — Seneca · 65Knowledge1 quote
It is better, of course, to know useless things than to know nothing. — Seneca · 65Length of life1 quote
Men do not care how nobly they live, but only how long, although it is within the reach of every man to live nobly, but within no man's power to live long. — Seneca · 65Life1 quote
Life is long if you know how to use it. — Seneca · 49Living life to the fullest1 quote
Life is long if you know how to use it. — Seneca · 49