We become wiser by adversity; prosperity destroys our appreciation of the right.

Quote by Seneca

Topics: Adversity Quotes, Appreciation Quotes

Those that are a friend to themselves are sure to be a friend to all.

Those that are a friend to themselves are sure to be a friend to all.

Old age is an incurable disease.

Old age is an incurable disease.

The important thing about a problem is not its solution, but the strength we gain...

The important thing about a problem is not its solution, but the strength we gain...

As it is with a play, so it is with life, what matters is not...

As it is with a play, so it is with life, what matters is not...

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

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

Freedom is not being a slave to any circumstance, to any constraint, to any chance;...

Freedom is not being a slave to any circumstance, to any constraint, to any chance;...

Night brings our troubles to the light, rather than banishes them.

Night brings our troubles to the light, rather than banishes them.

Successful and fortunate crime is called virtue.

Successful and fortunate crime is called virtue.

Man at his birth is content with a little milk and a piece of flannel:...

Man at his birth is content with a little milk and a piece of flannel:...

If you judge, investigate

If you judge, investigate

We are more often frightened than hurt: our troubles spring more often from fancy than...

We are more often frightened than hurt: our troubles spring more often from fancy than...

The greatest wealth is a poverty of desires.

The greatest wealth is a poverty of desires.

I am like a book, with pages that have stuck together for want of use:...

I am like a book, with pages that have stuck together for want of use:...

Death ne'er can fail the man who wills to die.

Death ne'er can fail the man who wills to die.

No man is free who is a slave to the flesh

No man is free who is a slave to the flesh

Time heals what reason cannot

Time heals what reason cannot

Abstinence is easier than temperance

Abstinence is easier than temperance

To greed, all nature is insufficient.

To greed, all nature is insufficient.

Oh, the jealousy, the greed is the unraveling. It's the unraveling and it undoes all...

Oh, the jealousy, the greed is the unraveling. It's the unraveling and it undoes all...

The lust of avarice as so totally seized upon mankind that their wealth seems rather...

The lust of avarice as so totally seized upon mankind that their wealth seems rather...