Brave men rejoice in adversity, just as brave soldiers triumph in war.
Quote by Lucius Annaeus Seneca
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Brave men rejoice in adversity, just as brave soldiers triumph in war.
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Lucius Annaeus Seneca Quotes
- It is another's fault if he be ungrateful, but it is mine if I do not give. To find one thankful man, I will oblige a great many that are not so.
- A gift consists not in what is done or given, but in the intention of the giver or doer.
- It makes a great deal of difference whether one wills not to sin or has not the knowledge to sin.
- No man was ever wise by chance.
- As long as you live, keep learning how to live.
- The display of grief makes more demands than grief itself. How few men are sad in their own company.
- No one can be happy who has been thrust outside the pale of truth. And there are two ways that one can be removed from this realm: by lying, or by being lied to.
- While we are postponing, life speeds by.
- Sometimes even to live is an act of courage.
- The bravest sight in the world is to see a great man struggling against adversity.
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