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

Quote by Seneca

Topics: Adversity Quotes, Appreciation Quotes

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

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

Friendship always benefits; love sometimes injures.

Friendship always benefits; love sometimes injures.

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...

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...

Laws do not persuade because they threaten

Laws do not persuade because they threaten

Life is neither a good nor an evil: it is a field for good and...

Life is neither a good nor an evil: it is a field for good and...

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...

If wisdom were offered me with this restriction, that I should keep it close and...

If wisdom were offered me with this restriction, that I should keep it close and...

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

There is no genius free from some tincture of madness

There is no genius free from some tincture of madness

Our care should not be to have lived long as to have lived enough.

Our care should not be to have lived long as to have lived enough.

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...

Anger, if not restrained, is frequently more hurtful to us than the injury that provokes...

Anger, if not restrained, is frequently more hurtful to us than the injury that provokes...

Just as I shall select my ship when I am about to go on a...

Just as I shall select my ship when I am about to go on a...

Our fears are more numerous than our dangers, and we suffer more in our imagination...

Our fears are more numerous than our dangers, and we suffer more in our imagination...

If you wish to be loved; Love!

If you wish to be loved; Love!

True wisdom consists in not departing from nature and in molding our conduct according to...

True wisdom consists in not departing from nature and in molding our conduct according to...

To greed, all nature is insufficient.

To greed, all nature is insufficient.

Greed: A word commonly used by liberals, low achievers, anti-capitalists and society's losers to denigrate,...

Greed: A word commonly used by liberals, low achievers, anti-capitalists and society's losers to denigrate,...

...Monsters are real, and ghosts are real too. They live inside us, and sometimes, they...

...Monsters are real, and ghosts are real too. They live inside us, and sometimes, they...