Seneca
- Sometimes even to live is an act of courage.
(topic: courage)
- Life's like a play: it's not the length, but the excellence of the acting that matters.
(topic: excellence)
- That moderation which nature prescribes, which limits our desires by resources restricted to our needs, has abandoned the field; it has now come to this--that to want only what is enough is a sign both of boorishness and of utter destitution.
(topic: moderation)
- The heart is great which shows moderation in the midst of prosperity.
(topic: moderation)
- Night brings our troubles to the light, rather than banishes them.
(topic: night)
- Even after a bad harvest there must be sowing.
(topic: perseverance)
- True praise comes often even to the lowly; false praise only to the strong.
(topic: praise)
- We often want one thing and pray for another, not telling the truth even to the gods.
(topic: prayer)
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