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Seneca The Elder quotes: What you think about yourself is much more important than what others think of you.

What you think about yourself is much more important than what others think of you.

Seneca The Elder quotes: The road to learning by precept is long, but by example short and effective.

The road to learning by precept is long, but by example short and effective.

Seneca The Elder quotes: No evil is without its compensation ... it is not the loss itself, but the estimate of the loss, that troubles us.

No evil is without its compensation ... it is not the loss itself, but the estimate of the loss, that troubles us.

Seneca The Elder quotes: What is the proper limit for wealth? It is, first, to have what is necessary; and, second, to have what is enough.

What is the proper limit for wealth? It is, first, to have what is necessary; and, second, to have what is enough.

Seneca The Elder quotes: The mind is slow to unlearn what it learnt early.

The mind is slow to unlearn what it learnt early.

Seneca The Elder quotes: If a man does not know what port he is steering for, no wind is favorable to him.

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

Seneca The Elder quotes: Malice drinks one-half of its own poison.

Malice drinks one-half of its own poison.

Seneca The Elder quotes: Let us be brave in the face of adversity.

Let us be brave in the face of adversity.

Seneca The Elder quotes: Failure changes for the better, success for the worse.

Failure changes for the better, success for the worse.

Seneca The Elder quotes: If you want to be loved, love.

If you want to be loved, love.

Seneca The Elder quotes: It is for the superfluous things of life that men sweat.

It is for the superfluous things of life that men sweat.

Seneca The Elder quotes: When in fear, it is safest to force the attack.

When in fear, it is safest to force the attack.

Seneca The Elder quotes: Nothing is our except time.

Nothing is our except time.

Seneca The Elder quotes: It is not death we fear, but the thought of it.

It is not death we fear, but the thought of it.

Seneca The Elder quotes: You can end love more easily than you can moderate it.

You can end love more easily than you can moderate it.

Seneca The Elder quotes: He who looks for advantage out of friendship strips it all of its nobility.

He who looks for advantage out of friendship strips it all of its nobility.

Seneca The Elder quotes: Fortune reveres the brave, and overwhelms the cowardly.

Fortune reveres the brave, and overwhelms the cowardly.

Seneca The Elder quotes: Know this, that he that is a friend to himself, is a friend to all men.

Know this, that he that is a friend to himself, is a friend to all men.

Seneca The Elder quotes: Unhappy is the man, though he rule the world, who doesn't consider himself supremely blessed.

Unhappy is the man, though he rule the world, who doesn't consider himself supremely blessed.

Seneca The Elder quotes: There's some end at last for the man who follows a path; mere rambling is interminable.

There's some end at last for the man who follows a path; mere rambling is interminable.

Seneca The Elder quotes: No man will swim ashore and take his baggage with him.

No man will swim ashore and take his baggage with him.

Seneca The Elder quotes: It is wrong not to give a hand to the fallen. This right is common to the whole human race.

It is wrong not to give a hand to the fallen. This right is common to the whole human race.

Seneca The Elder quotes: Courage is a scorner of things which inspire fear.

Courage is a scorner of things which inspire fear.

Seneca The Elder quotes: All art is an imitation of nature.

All art is an imitation of nature.

Seneca The Elder quotes: The great soul surrenders itself to fate.

The great soul surrenders itself to fate.

Seneca The Elder quotes: For the great benefits of our being- our life, health, and reason-we look upon ourselves.

For the great benefits of our being- our life, health, and reason-we look upon ourselves.

Seneca The Elder quotes: It is not manly to turn one's back on fortune.

It is not manly to turn one's back on fortune.

Seneca The Elder quotes: The conditions of conquest are always easy. We have but to toil awhile, endure awhile, believe always, and never turn back

The conditions of conquest are always easy. We have but to toil awhile, endure awhile, believe always, and never turn back

Seneca The Elder quotes: Add each day something to fortify you against poverty and death.

Add each day something to fortify you against poverty and death.

Seneca The Elder quotes: No one is better born than another, unless they are born with better abilities and a more amiable disposition.

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

Seneca The Elder quotes: The courts of kings are full of people, but empty of friends.

The courts of kings are full of people, but empty of friends.