If a man does not know to what port he is steering, no wind is fa... by Seneca

If a man does not know to what port he is steering, no wind is favourable to him.

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Life without the courage for death is slavery. by Seneca

Life without the courage for death is slavery.

Live among men as if God beheld you speak to God as if men were l... by Seneca

Live among men as if God beheld you speak to God as if men were listening.

Live with men as if God saw you converse with God as if men heard... by Seneca

Live with men as if God saw you converse with God as if men heard you.

Many things have fallen only to rise higher. by Seneca

Many things have fallen only to rise higher.

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.

Most powerful is he who has himself in his own power. by Seneca

Most powerful is he who has himself in his own power.

Most powerful is he who has himself in his power. by Seneca

Most powerful is he who has himself in his power.

No evil is without its compensation. The less money, the less trouble the less favor, the less envy. Even in those cases which put us out of wits, it is not the loss itself, but the estimate of the loss that troubles us.

No man is more unhappy than he who never faces adversity. For he... by Seneca

No man is more unhappy than he who never faces adversity. For he is not permitted to prove himself.

Not to feel one's misfortunes is not human, not to bear them in n... by Seneca

Not to feel one's misfortunes is not human, not to bear them in not manly.

Nothing is as certain as that the vices of leisure are gotten rid... by Seneca

Nothing is as certain as that the vices of leisure are gotten rid of by being busy.

One hand washes the other. (Manus Manum Lavet) by Seneca

One hand washes the other. (Manus Manum Lavet)

Speech is the mirror of the mind. by Seneca

Speech is the mirror of the mind.

Speech is the mirror of the mind. (Imago Animi Sermo Est) by Seneca

Speech is the mirror of the mind. (Imago Animi Sermo Est)

Such as the chain of causes we call Fate, such is the chain of wishes: one links on to another; the whole man is bound in the chain of wishing for ever.

The arts are the servant; wisdom its master. by Seneca

The arts are the servant; wisdom its master.

The mind is slow to unlearn what it learnt early. by Seneca

The mind is slow to unlearn what it learnt early.

The most onerous slavery is to be a slave to oneself. by Seneca

The most onerous slavery is to be a slave to oneself.

The path of precept is long, that of example short and effectual. by Seneca

The path of precept is long, that of example short and effectual.

The spirit in which a thing is given determines that in which the debt is acknowledged it's the intention, not the face-value of the gift, that's weighed.