What once were vices are manners now. by Seneca

What once were vices are manners now.

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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.

There is a noble manner of being poor and who does not know it wi... by Seneca

There is a noble manner of being poor and who does not know it will never be rich.

There is no great genius free from some tincture of madness. by Seneca

There is no great genius free from some tincture of madness.

There is nothing in the world so much admired as a man who knows how to bear unhappiness with courage.

This is the reason we cannot complain of life; it keeps no one ag... by Seneca

This is the reason we cannot complain of life; it keeps no one against his wll.

To be feared is to fear: no one has been able to strike terror into others and at the same time enjoy peace of mind.

To see a man fearless in dangers, untainted with lusts, happy in adversity, composed in a tumult, and laughing at all those things which are generally either coveted or feared; all men must acknowledge that this can be from nothing else but a beam of divinity that influences a mortal body.

Toil to make yourself remarkable by some talent or other. by Seneca

Toil to make yourself remarkable by some talent or other.

truth never perishes (Veritas numquam perit) by Seneca

truth never perishes (Veritas numquam perit)

Unjust dominion cannot be eternal. by Seneca

Unjust dominion cannot be eternal.

We most often go astray on a well trodden and much frequented roa... by Seneca

We most often go astray on a well trodden and much frequented road.

We should conduct ourselves not as if we ought to live for the body, but as if we could not live without it.

Wealth is the slave of a wise man. The master of a fool. by Seneca

Wealth is the slave of a wise man. The master of a fool.

What does reason demand of a man A very easy thing: to live in ac... by Seneca

What does reason demand of a man A very easy thing: to live in accord with his nature.

Where reason fails, time oft has worked a cure. by Seneca

Where reason fails, time oft has worked a cure.

Where the speech is corrupted, the mind is also. by Seneca

Where the speech is corrupted, the mind is also.

While the fates permit, live happily life speeds on with hurried step, and with winged days the wheel of the headlong year is turned.

Wisdom does not show itself so much in precept as in life - in firmness of mind and a mastery of appetite. It teaches us to do as well as to talk; and to make our words and actions all of a color.

Without an adversary prowess shrivels. We see how great and efficient it really is only when it shows by endurance what it is capable of.

Every new beginning comes from some other beginning's end. by Seneca

Every new beginning comes from some other beginning's end.

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