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Lucius Annaeus Seneca Quotes

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Lucius Annaeus Seneca quote: "I don't trust liberals, I trust conservatives."
I don't trust liberals, I trust conservatives. Lucius Annaeus Seneca
Lucius Annaeus Seneca quote: "The good things of prosperity are to be wished; but the good..."
The good things of prosperity are to be wished; but the good things that belong to adversity are to be admired. Lucius Annaeus Seneca
Lucius Annaeus Seneca quote: "The highest good is a mind that scorns the happenings of..."
The highest good is a mind that scorns the happenings of chance, and rejoices only in virtue. Lucius Annaeus Seneca
Lucius Annaeus Seneca quote: "To be able to endure odium is the first art to be learned by..."
To be able to endure odium is the first art to be learned by those who aspire to power. Lucius Annaeus Seneca
Lucius Annaeus Seneca quote: "Leisure without books is death, and burial of a man alive."
Leisure without books is death, and burial of a man alive. Lucius Annaeus Seneca
I never come back home with the same moral character I went out with; something or other becomes unsettled where I had achieved internal peace; some one or other of the things I had put to flight reappears on the scene. Lucius Annaeus Seneca
Lucius Annaeus Seneca quote: "Nothing is void of God, his work is everywhere his full of..."
Nothing is void of God, his work is everywhere his full of himself. Lucius Annaeus Seneca
Lucius Annaeus Seneca quote: "The bad fortune of the good turns their faces up to heaven;..."
The bad fortune of the good turns their faces up to heaven; the good fortune of the bad bows their heads down to the earth. Lucius Annaeus Seneca
No prizefighter can go with high spirits into the strife if he has never been beaten black and blue; the only contestant who can confidently enter the lists is the man who has seen his own blood, who has felt his teeth rattle beneath his opponent's fist, who has been tripped and felt the full force of his adversary's charge, who has been downed in bloody but not it spirit, one who as often as he falls, rises again with greater defiance than ever. Lucius Annaeus Seneca
God is the universal substance in existing things. He comprises all things. He is the fountain of all being. In Him exists everything that is. Lucius Annaeus Seneca
Lucius Annaeus Seneca quote: "I shall never be ashamed of citing a bad author if the line is..."
I shall never be ashamed of citing a bad author if the line is good. Lucius Annaeus Seneca
Lucius Annaeus Seneca quote: "When we are well, we all have good advice for those who are ill."
When we are well, we all have good advice for those who are ill. Lucius Annaeus Seneca
Lucius Annaeus Seneca quote: "It is difficult to bring people to goodness with lessons, but..."
It is difficult to bring people to goodness with lessons, but it is easy to do so by example. Lucius Annaeus Seneca
Each day acquire something that will fortify you against poverty, against death, indeed against othermisfortunes as well; and after you have run over many thoughts, select one to be thoroughly digested that day Lucius Annaeus Seneca
Lucius Annaeus Seneca quote: "It is true greatness to have in one the frailty of a man and..."
It is true greatness to have in one the frailty of a man and the security of a god. Lucius Annaeus Seneca

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