No man ever became wise by chance

Quote by Seneca

Topics: Wisdom Quotes

Luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity.

Luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity.

Advice is worth what you pay for it

Advice is worth what you pay for it

So enjoy present pleasures as to not mar those to come.

So enjoy present pleasures as to not mar those to come.

Life is a gift of the immortal Gods, but living well is the gift of...

Life is a gift of the immortal Gods, but living well is the gift of...

Sadness usually results from one of the following causes either when a man does not...

Sadness usually results from one of the following causes either when a man does not...

Ignorant people see life as either existence or non-existence, but wise men see it beyond...

Ignorant people see life as either existence or non-existence, but wise men see it beyond...

Luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity

Luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity

He who profits by a crime commits it

He who profits by a crime commits it

Every man prefers belief to the exercise of judgment.

Every man prefers belief to the exercise of judgment.

Whom they have injured they also hate

Whom they have injured they also hate

The worse a person is the less he feels it.

The worse a person is the less he feels it.

There are none more abusive to others than they that lie most open to it...

There are none more abusive to others than they that lie most open to it...

Authority founded on injustice is never of long duration.

Authority founded on injustice is never of long duration.

Everything is the product of one universal creative effort. There is nothing dead in Nature.

Everything is the product of one universal creative effort. There is nothing dead in Nature.

The sun also shines on the wicked

The sun also shines on the wicked

Every new beginning comes from some other beginning's end

Every new beginning comes from some other beginning's end

A multitude of executions discredits a king, as a multitude of funerals a doctor

A multitude of executions discredits a king, as a multitude of funerals a doctor

It is the constant fault and inseparable evil quality of ambition, that it never looks...

It is the constant fault and inseparable evil quality of ambition, that it never looks...

To be happy at home is the ultimate result of all ambition.

To be happy at home is the ultimate result of all ambition.

Ambition has but one reward for all: A little power, a little transient fame; A...

Ambition has but one reward for all: A little power, a little transient fame; A...

Of all acts of man repentance is the most divine. The greatest of all faults...

Of all acts of man repentance is the most divine. The greatest of all faults...