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

Quote by Seneca

Topics: Adversity Quotes, Appreciation Quotes

Nothing is more dishonorable than an old man, heavy with years, who has no other...

Nothing is more dishonorable than an old man, heavy with years, who has no other...

Every new beginning comes from some other beginning's end.

Every new beginning comes from some other beginning's end.

We should every night call ourselves to an account; What infirmity have I mastered today?...

We should every night call ourselves to an account; What infirmity have I mastered today?...

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...

It is extreme evil to depart from the company of the living before you die

It is extreme evil to depart from the company of the living before you die

We should every night call ourselves to an account: what infirmity have I mastered today?...

We should every night call ourselves to an account: what infirmity have I mastered today?...

To wish to be well is a part of becoming well.

To wish to be well is a part of becoming well.

The mind unlearns with difficulty what it has long learned.

The mind unlearns with difficulty what it has long learned.

A man is as unhappy as he has convinced himself he is.

A man is as unhappy as he has convinced himself he is.

That which is given with pride and ostentation is rather an ambition than a bounty

That which is given with pride and ostentation is rather an ambition than a bounty

To wish to be well is a part of becoming well

To wish to be well is a part of becoming well

Luck never made a man wise.

Luck never made a man wise.

Live among men as if God beheld you; speak to God as if men were...

Live among men as if God beheld you; speak to God as if men were...

Friendship always benefits; love sometimes injures.

Friendship always benefits; love sometimes injures.

Laugh at your problems; everybody else does.

Laugh at your problems; everybody else does.

Never give advice - sell it

Never give advice - sell it

Life's like a play; it's not the length but the excellence of the acting that...

Life's like a play; it's not the length but the excellence of the acting that...

Great grief does not of itself put an end to itself.

Great grief does not of itself put an end to itself.

Sleep, Silence's child, sweet father of soft rest, Prince whose approach peace to all mortals...

Sleep, Silence's child, sweet father of soft rest, Prince whose approach peace to all mortals...

What's gone and what's past help should be past grief

What's gone and what's past help should be past grief